Man charged in Harrison Twp. gas station shooting, drug case heads to prison

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A man accused of shooting another man at Harrison Twp. gas station in September 2023 has pleaded guilty in two cases.

Michael Stroud, 29, pleaded guilty Nov. 22 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to two counts of tampering with evidence via a bill of information. Judge Richard Skelton immediately sentenced him to an agreed 18-month prison term followed by up to five years of parole. He also was ordered to forfeit a Hi-Point pistol with a damaged serial number. ½

He also pleaded guilty the same day to one count of aggravated possession of drugs, which did not add time to his prison term.

As part of the agreement, charges of felonious assault and having weapons while under disability were dismissed, according to court records.

Stroud reportedly shot a man Sept. 23, 2023, at the Sunoco gas station at 3900 Salem Ave.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Major Jeremy Roy said that deputies responded to Kettering Health Dayton for a gunshot victim around 5 a.m. that day.

The victim said that he was involved in an argument in the gas station parking lot, and was shot in the arm, according to Vandalia Municipal Court records. The shooter was identified as Stroud using surveillance footage, Roy said.

The man said he didn’t know Stroud prior to the shooting.

Michael Stroud Jr.

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

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Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Stroud was arrested by the Montgomery County Regional Agencies Narcotics & Gun Enforcement (RANGE) Task Force last December in conjunction with federal partners from the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and sheriff’s detectives who had been conducting surveillance in multiple places he was believed to frequent, Roy said.

Investigators said they found two guns, ammunition and suspected narcotics when they searched Stroud’s apartment.

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