CALVIN TOWNSHIP — Two men have been charged with 13 felonies, including armed robbery and killing of an animal, following a Calvin Township home invasion.

Sheriff Richard Behnke reported that at 11:50 Tuesday, his office was called to investigate an armed robbery and home invasion that occurred in the 63000 block of Day Lake Road in Calvin Township.

Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Day Lake Rd after a call to dispatch indicated that three or four men entered into the home demanding money, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The victim, a 24-year-old woman and only occupant in the home at the time, told the men she did not have any money, but the men forced their way into a back bedroom where there was a dog shut into a bedroom. When the suspects opened the bedroom door, and the dog came at them, they shot the dog, which subsequently died of the injuries.

The suspects then fled the scene in a silver Toyota Prius with an undetermined amount of money that was taken from the residence.

While detectives were investigating this incident, a report of a suspicious situation was called in from a location on Brownsville Road, approximately four miles from the home invasion. Two vehicles were observed parked at a secluded spot on the property, and subjects were getting out of a silver Prius and into a red Toyota Camry.  That property owner made contact with the subjects in these cars, who then fled the area before deputies arrived.

Deputies were able to identify one possible suspect for the home invasion based on information gathered from that call. Deputies put out a lookout alert to attempt to locate the red Toyota Camry, which was later found parked at the Cassopolis District Library.  Two suspects, Oliver Bwalya, 21, of Elkhart, and Jeramiah Makanjuola, of Columbus, Ohio, were located at the time of the recovery of the Toyota Camry and arrested based on information received during the investigation.

Both Bwalya and Makanjuola were arrested and charged with 13 felonies including, home invasion, armed robbery, killing/torturing an animal, larceny from a building, assault with a dangerous weapon and felony firearm possession. Bond was set at $80,000.

This investigation is ongoing at this time. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged by officers to call the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office Felony Detective Unit, Cass County Area Drug Unit and the Cass County Animal Control Unit assisted Deputies with this investigation.