DETROIT (WWJ) -- Three young men have been charged in connection with the shooting death of Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy Brad Reckling over the summer.
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Wednesday morning announced the case against two Clinton Township teens and a Detroit teen.
Ramon DeBose, 18, of Clinton Township is charged with murder of a police officer, receiving and concealing a motor vehicle, carjacking, conducting a criminal enterprise, four counts of carrying a concealed weapon and three counts of felony firearm.
Two others — 18-year-old Marquis Goins of Detroit and 18-year-old Karim Moore of Clinton Twp. — have each been charged with accessory after the fact to a felony, receiving and concealing a motor vehicle, carjacking, conducting a criminal enterprise, and various weapons charges, including carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm.
All three were arraigned via Zoom Wednesday afternoon in 36th District Court in Detroit. Debose was remanded to jail without bond, Goins received a $1 million cash bond, and Moore's bond was set at $250,000 cash.
Late on the night of June 22, Reckling was in an unmarked patrol car searching for an SUV that had been reported stolen from the Red Oaks Water Park in Madison Heights earlier that day.
Detroit police said as Reckling was behind the stolen Chevy Equinox, suspects jumped out and fired shots at him.
Reckling, 30, was hit in the head, chest and torso.
"It was an ambush," Sheriff Mike Bouchard said at a news conference the next day.
DPD and Michigan State Police set up a perimeter in the area, and three people were taken into custody.
In July, Moore was charged with three counts of lying to police during a violent crime investigation and one count of resisting arrest in connection with the case — but no one else was charged at that time. Prosecutors later dropped one of the lying to police charges.
Speaking at Wednesday's news conference, Detroit Police Chief James White thanked the prosecutor's office for the countless hours work put into an extremely difficult case.
"Deputy Reckling was a hero, he was an absolute hero," White said. "He laid his life on the line. He was in our city pursuing someone for auto theft, stumbled onto something much bigger than he even thought — which will be revealed later — and made the ultimate sacrifice."
Regarding what will be revealed later, officials said more charges are yet expected in this case as an investigation into what's believed to be an auto theft criminal enterprise is ongoing.
“When we started working on this case, we had no idea that it would lead where it did. Deputy Recking, who thought he was simply recovering a stolen car, was really pulled into what turned out to be a violent and far reaching, car theft and carjacking criminal enterprise,” said Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
“Holding the individuals accountable in the senseless murder of Deputy Brad Reckling is one of our highest priorities,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. “We appreciate all the work that the Detroit Police Department and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has done to date and look forward to the perpetrators receiving the highest punishment possible. While that will never fill the void of husband, father, son, brother and friend to many, it will at least provide a sliver of justice.”
Reckling, a nine-year veteran of the sheriff's department, was a husband and father of three daughters with another child on the way, according to the sheriff's office. Donations can be made at this website to help the family.
All three defendants will be back in court for a Probable Cause Conference scheduled for Nov. 8. Prior to that, a bond re-determination hearing for Goins and Moore is scheduled for this Friday at 9 a.m.