3 accused of working with suspect in multiple Dexter, Ann Arbor home invasions

By Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

Posted on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 : 5:59 a.m.

Jeffrey Arthur Schuh, Jeffrey Aron Schuh, Quang Nguyen and Steven Colwell.

Courtesy of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office

Three people have been charged with working with a Dexter man to break into many homes in the city of Ann Arbor and in Washtenaw County.

Jeffrey Aron Schuh, Quang Ngyuen and Jeffrey Arthur Schuh are all charged with multiple home invasions. Nguyen, 19 years old of Ypsilanti Township, is charged in nine felony home invasion cases, according to court records.

Jeffrey Aron Schuh, 20, and Jeffrey Arthur Schuh, 54, are both Dexter residents and father and son. Jeffrey Aron Schuh is charged in eight different cases, according to Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Geoffrey Fox, and his father faces three felony home invasion cases, records show.

Nguyen and the Schuhs are accused of working with Steven Colwell to break into homes near Dexter and in the city of Ann Arbor. Colwell was arrested on Aug. 9 after a break-in in Webster Township and at least two of the men arraigned on their charges Wednesday were with him at the time. Colwell confessed to many home invasions in the county, mainly in Dexter and Ann Arbor.

The Schuhs will return to court for preliminary exams at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 1, according to jail records. Nguyen is scheduled to be in court for his preliminary examination at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 6, according to jail records.

Colwell also faces felony charges in nine criminal cases related to home invasions. He will be back in court for a preliminary exam at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 7, after his case was adjourned in Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Archie Brown’s courtroom Wednesday.

The home invasions all occurred in July and August, police said.

Nguyen is being held on a $10,000 bond on each of his cases, totaling $90,000. Jeffrey Aron Schuh is being held on the same bond in each case, totaling $80,000, while his father’s bond totals $30,000. They are all lheld at the Washtenaw County Jail.