Local MMA Coaches Chase and Apprehend Muggers After They Robbed One Of Their Students

 Wednesday night around 9:15 pm as Team Fusion Jiu-Jitsu & MMA coaches and students were locking up the dojo for the night a student was approached by an unknown individual that claimed to be armed with a gun in his waistband and demanded the students keys.

Montgomery (far left) and Stevens (far right) apprehended
two robbery suspects after they robbed one of their students
at Team Fusion Jiu-Jitsu & MMA in Springfield.

 The student who's identity has not been revealed refused to surrender his keys but gave the man his wallet.  The student then drove around to the front of the building where coaches Eric Stevens and Brad Montgomery were locking up for the night. Their student informed them that he had just mugged. When Stevens asked "Who mugged you"? the student pointed to a red truck pulling away on Bennett Street at the Glenstone Avenue intersection. Stevens then ran towards the vehicle as it came to a stop at the red light. The assailants in the red Chevy pickup truck saw Stevens approaching and ran the red light heading southbound on Glenstone Avenue.

 Montgomery pulled around in his vehicle and picked up Stevens and followed the truck for several blocks eventually cornering them in a one way apartment complex parking lot near the MSU campus.

 Stevens and Montgomery detained two of the thieves while a third man ran and got away.

Jeremy Shrewsbury apprehended by
Stevens and Montgomery has been
charged with 2nd Degree Robbery

Tiffany Hert apprehended by
Stevens and Montgomery has been
charged with 2nd Degree Robbery

   Springfield Police responded within minutes to Montgomery's 911 call. The two individuals were taken into custody and charged with 2nd Degree Robbery.

 The third suspect has been identified and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. At the time this article was written the Springfield Police Department has yet to respond to our inquiry regarding the name of the third suspect.

  Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the individual that got away is asked to contact Det. Cole at (417)864-1755.