Three people have been charged in connection with multiple robberies in the Cardinal Valley area.
Investigators say that two suspects in the investigation, 20-year-old Lanisha Harris and a 17-year-old male, were both arrested on Saturday, March 4. The teen was charged with four counts of robbery 1st, receiving stolen property (firearm), possession of a handgun by a minor, resisting arrest, giving a false name, and possession of marijuana.
Harris was charged with two counts of robbery 1st.
Lucio Sanchez, 19, was arrested Wednesday, on four counts of robbery 1st.
Investigators say that the trio is believed to be involved in a crime spree that happened in the overnight hours of Wednesday, March 1.
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Police say that shortly after midnight, a man told police he had been approached by two individuals on Cambridge Drive. One pulled a gun on him and robbed the man of his wallet and belongings. As the victim ran away, the suspects fired multiple shots, striking the victim once in the arm.
An hour later, police say they responded to Oxford Circle where a victim said she had been robbed at gunpoint by two men and a woman. The victim was pushed to the ground and one of the suspects fired a shot at her. She was not hit. The suspects fled.
As officers investigated the second robbery, they say they were flagged down by a man and woman who stated they were robbed near Oxford Circle and Cambridge Drive. Their descriptions of the suspects matched what the victim in the previous incident had reported, that an armed robbery had been committed by two men and a woman.
Around 6 a.m., police responded to a business on Alexandria Drive in reference to a robbery with shots fired. The victim told officers that she and a friend were approached by two men who attempted to rob them and that one of the suspects pulled out a gun and fired a shot. Police say that an employee at a nearby business came outside and attempted to stop the suspects. One of the suspects fired several shots before fleeing the area.
Detectives say that they identified Sanchez and the juvenile as suspects in all four incidents and they determined that Harris was involved in two robberies.
Anyone with additional information about this investigation is asked to call Lexington Police at (859) 258-3600.
