{"id":8960,"date":"2013-11-16T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T17:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8960"},"modified":"2013-11-17T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T18:41:51","slug":"city-police-2nd-set-of-robbery-suspects-arraigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8960","title":{"rendered":"City police: 2nd set of robbery suspects arraigned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Investigators working to determine scope of crime spree<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Updated at 1:40 p.m. to correct the alleged owner of \u00a0drugs, BB gun<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Zane<\/a>

Zane Robinson (from left) is placed in a patrol car by Coatesville Det.\/Sgt. Brandon Harris and Officer Carmen Mollichella for transport to his arraignment Thursday on robbery charges.<\/p><\/div>\n

Coatesville Police Cpl. Ken Michels had a hunch where he might find the second pair of robbery suspects sought in connection with a series of unsettling holdups in the city during the past month, and it paid off on Friday.<\/p>\n

Michels said he was familiar with one of the men and had a photo of the other, whom he recognized as soon as he spotted a group in the 200 block of West Diamond Street. Wakeem J. Bowman, 20, and Ramon Luis Rivera Ortiz, 17, were taken into custody without incident, he said, adding that Rivera Ortiz had drugs and \u201ca very realistic-looking BB gun\u201d in his possession. Ortiz\u2019s name was released because he is being charged as an adult, police said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, police apprehended Zane Robinson, 19, of South Coatesville, and Christopher P. Howard, 19, of Exton. Both were taken to Chester County Prison after failing to post bail that was set at $100,000 cash apiece. The four co-defendants are accused of terrifying residents during a robbery spree that dates back at least a month, police said.<\/p>\n

During their arraignment on Saturday, Magisterial District Judge Gregory Hines set Bowman\u2019s bail at $75,000 cash, and Ortiz\u2019s at $50,000 cash, police said. Both were taken to Chester County Prison. According to court records, Bowman is on probation for a 2012 drug conviction.<\/p>\n

According to the criminal complaint, the apprehension of Howard and Robinson occurred after two victims of a Nov. 10 robbery in the 300 block of West Harmony Street came to the police station on Nov. 13 and told detectives that they attempted to retrieve their stolen Samsung phone by dialing its number. The male who answered said they could get the phone returned for $150, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

Working with detectives, the victims immediately set up a rendezvous at the post office in the 200 block of Chestnut Street, the complaint said. Before the exchange took place, the victims identified the two men present as the robbers, and Howard and Robinson were apprehended, the complaint said. Howard had the stolen Samsung in his pocket, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

The complaint said that Howard also acknowledged the assault of a woman near the \u201cFlats\u201d the same night of the Samsung theft. He said they grabbed her purse but she wouldn\u2019t let go, the complaint said, adding that \u201cthey dragged her out into the street, but the woman held on\u201d and they fled, the complaint said. He said he participated in \u201cfour to five other robberies in Coatesville in the last two to three weeks,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, detectives said that the \u201ccrew of actors preyed on susceptible victims in each robbery that was committed\u201d and moved quickly from the west end of the city to the east end on Sunday, Nov. 10, a news release said. The release said the Nov. 10 incidents \u201cwere not isolated, and that this crew has been involved with a crime spree that has spread, affecting other surrounding townships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police Chief Jack Laufer said investigators are still working to determine the scope of the robberies as well as the attempted robberies. Anyone who may have come in contact with the defendants is asked to contact police at 610-384-2300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investigators working to determine scope of crime spree Updated at 1:40 p.m. to correct the alleged owner of \u00a0drugs, BB gun\u00a0 By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Coatesville Police Cpl. Ken Michels had a hunch where he might find the second pair of robbery suspects sought in connection with a series of unsettling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3142,490,3144,3143,3141],"class_list":["post-8960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christopher-p-howard","tag-coatesville-police","tag-ramon-luis-rivera-ortiz","tag-wakeem-j-bowman","tag-zane-robinson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8985,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960\/revisions\/8985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}