Here's a story you don't
read about everyday...
Mixed martial arts
promoters Christo Piliafas and Scott DiPonio say they were shocked to learn
today of Charles Rowan's arrest for armed robbery and assault… because they
were led to believe he died in a car accident last month.
Just two weeks ago, the
promoters helped raise $1,000 to pay for Rowan's funeral, only to discover that
his girlfriend, Rosalinda Martinez, clearly misled them.
After all, Martinez, Rowan
and a friend were booked this afternoon after holding up a gun shop in Michigan.
They were charged with
three felonies, including assault with intent to murder because they left the
gun shop owner a bloody mess.
“It made me sick to my
stomach. I was furious. I was livid,” Piliafas said
upon seeing Rowan's mug shot. “It’s not so much about the money. It’s just how
many people were involved in this scam.... The little bit that I knew [about]
this kid, I never would have thought that he’d try to pull some Machiavelli
crap like that.”
Rowan’s fifth career fight
was scheduled for February in Traverse City. That evening, according to DiPonio
said, Martinez called from Rowan’s phone number to inform him that her Rowan
had been involved in a wreck on the way to the event and was dead.
Rowan has past convictions
for failing to register as a sex offender and for attempted delivery and
manufacture of pot.
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