Charles Gamble II of Independence Township faces assault charges in connection with attacks on two joggers in Genesee County.
Gamble, 40, was arraigned in Genesee County District Court on Oct. 21 with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and assault and battery.
He is charged with attacking a 33-year-old woman who was running in Davison Regional Park on Sept. 30, and a 36-year-old woman on an Atlas Township walking path on Oct. 7. Security footage from Goodrich Middle School caught the suspect leaving the area in a black Chevrolet Tahoe SUV with over-sized, chrome, aftermarket rims and a carrier rack.
In the Atlas Township attack, the 36-year-old was with her 7-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter when a man jumped out from behind a tree and started punching her. Her son ran up and scared off the man, police said.
Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said Gamble had been stalking the Atlas Township woman for at least a day leading up to the attack.
A Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol pulled over an SUV in Goodrich on Oct. 12 because of excessive tint. The vehicle matched the suspect’s vehicle description.
Investigators found Gamble changed the rims of the vehicle a day after the attack in Atlas Township. The chrome rims were found in garbage bags in Gamble’s garage. Cell phone records showed he was near the scene of both attacks around the time of the assaults.
The victim in the Atlas Township attack had to have surgery because of a broken bone in her face and the woman in the Davison attack is recovering from a concussion, police said.
Gamble is being held in the Genesee County Jail in lieu of $3 million bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 3.