NewsMarch 7, 2002
Man arraigned on murder charges for three deaths at courthouse
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on murder charges for the slayings of his ex-wife, her niece and a friend outside a courthouse, where they were to testify he had violated a restraining order. The judge at the arraignment entered an innocent plea for Thomas Howard Wendt, 51, on three counts of murder and three firearms violations. The restraining order prohibited Wendt from using a firearm for anything but hunting...
The Associated Press
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on murder charges for the slayings of his ex-wife, her niece and a friend outside a courthouse, where they were to testify he had violated a restraining order.
The judge at the arraignment entered an innocent plea for Thomas Howard Wendt, 51, on three counts of murder and three firearms violations. The restraining order prohibited Wendt from using a firearm for anything but hunting.
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"I don't remember anything that happened yesterday," Wendt said at the hearing via video hookup. "I don't know why I'm in jail. I woke up in jail."
Wendt was captured after police fired a flash grenade into his home six hours into a standoff.
Bail was set at $3.5 million. A preliminary hearing was set for March 20.
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