Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 3rd man believed to be concerned in a string of robberies and thefts concentrating on individuals promoting issues on-line. Two different suspects have been arrested final week.
Moises Pena, 23, of Longview was arrested after Clark County detectives teamed up with detectives from the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Pena is going through first-degree theft with a firearm, first-degree illegal possession of a firearm and second-degree theft. He was recognized as a suspect after his {photograph} was shared with the media, and a member of the general public acknowledged him, in line with the Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Howard Osawa, 18, and Va’Zjahn Willis, 19, have been additionally arrested in reference to the string of robberies, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Clark County deputies responded at 5:20 p.m. Nov. 6 to a report of a theft at an condo complicated in Salmon Creek. The sufferer instructed deputies he communicated on-line with somebody seeking to purchase a cellphone and organized to fulfill in particular person for the transaction, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Three individuals arrived in a blue Dodge Durango. Certainly one of them took the cellphone from the sufferer earlier than pointing a gun at his head after which hitting him with it, in line with the sheriff’s workplace. The sheriff’s workplace described the weapon as a semi-automatic pistol with an prolonged journal.