SYRACUSE — A 17-year-old from North Webster and 16-year-old from Warsaw have been booked in the Kosciusko County Jail in connection to a robbery and battery in Syracuse early Sunday, March 25.

Nathan Michael Ries, 17, 8017 E. Pioneer Way, North Webster, and Mason Craig Mauk, 16, 1049 Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw, were booked in the county jail Tuesday evening, March 27.

Both have been booked on charges of robbery causing serious bodily injury and burglary causing serious bodily injury, level 2 felonies; battery with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and theft, a level 6 felony. They are each being held on $125,250 surety and cash bonds.

Syracuse Police were sent at 1:44 a.m. Sunday, March 25, to 108 E. Haiden Drive, Apt. 36, regarding a possible shooting.

Court documents report Syracuse police found a juvenile male with a large laceration on his forehead and a contusion on the back and side of his head, abrasions to his elbow and shoulder. The victim told police four males broke into his residence and beat him with a baseball bat, stealing a Remington 1100 .20 gauge shotgun, Save HMR rifle and $2,150 in cash. He identified two of the individuals as Ries and Mauk, while the other two had their faces covered.

Police spoke with Ries who admitted being at the victim’s residence and hitting him with a baseball bat. Mauk told police Ries, himself and several others planned to go to the victim’s home to get revenge.

Police learned from Mauk they drove to the apartment complex, parked their vehicle across the road in a private field and walked to the apartment, where they watched the victim through a window. Mauk stated they had two Airsoft guns with them. He stated when the victim was in the kitchen, rolling a marijuana cigarette, all four of them rushed in the door with Ries hitting the victim with a baseball bat found at the residence.

One of the other juvenile suspects told police while Ries was hitting the victim the rest of them searched the residence for property to steal. Police were also told while fleeing from the residence, the victim shot at them with one being shot in the lower leg.

Mauk and Ries, along with a third juvenile, were initially taken into custody by Syracuse Police and transported to the South Bend Juvenile Justice Center. One juvenile suspect is still wanted for questioning in regards to this case.

Police did search the victim’s residence and large amounts of marijuana, paraphernalia and two handguns were recovered.

Syracuse Police Department was assisted by the Kosciusko and Elkhart County Sheriff’s Departments, North Webster, Milford Police, Winona Lake Police Departments, and the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office.