Updated at 11:44 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A young man walking down a Centralia street and a teenage girl at Fort Borst Park were held up in separate incidents yesterday by a pair of males believed to be armed with a stun gun and pepper spray.
In the second case at about 4:30 p.m. the 17-year-old victim kicked one of the would-be robbers in the groin causing the pair to flee, police said.
Two suspects were in custody by about 11:30 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Steven N. Romero, 18, and Zachary J. Konoske, 19, both from Centralia.
Police Sgt. Carl Buster said the girl in the park refused to hand over her backpack and money, telling the man she was going to scream. He grabs at her backpack anyways, Buster said.
“She kicks him in the n***, he pepper sprays her,” and they leave, Buster said.
In both instances, the males pulled up in a red car described as full of people, according to police. A 30-year-old Rochester woman and an 18-year-old Morton resident are facing possible arrest for rendering criminal assistance, according to police.
Buster said he won’t be at all surprised if there were other victims of similar crimes in the area during the day yesterday.
“I’m betting other people will come forward,” he said.
The first situation occurred just before 11 a.m. near Woodland Avenue and West Summa street in the south end of town, according to police.
A 19-year-old man told police he was walking down the sidewalk listening to his iPod when a red car pulled up and two males got out and confronted him.
One of them demanded he give them everything out of his pockets and when he refused, grabbed his iPod, according to police.
The other male stood by and threatened him with what the victim thought was a Taser gun, because he heard the sound of electricity sparking or arcing, according to Buster. The victim handed over his wallet, according to Buster.
Acting on a tip, police pulled over a vehicle getting on Interstate 5 at about 7 p.m.; Romero was arrested, according to police. Officers got information Konoske was at a house off Roosevelt Street and went there about 11:30 p.m., according to Buster.
“He tried to run out the back door, but police grabbed him,” Buster said.
The two suspects were booked for robbery.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Hey Bahlsdeep, when Sharyn catches on to your name and pulls the plug on you, are you gonna come back here an angel?
Lewis County……where the women are manlier than the men.
Flouride is actually so lethal, Navy Seals have developed a system where they can launch a flouride tipped dart from a blow gun at over 323 yards into the neck of a terrorist. The flouride is so poisonous, it has to be kept in a special vial lined with the colon of a goat. Totally legit.
It’s a good thing the little girl only got sprayed with pepper spray and not the highly lethal flouride spray! One drop and you’re dead dead dead!!!
On serious note……. These guys deserve to be thrown in Walla Walla with real criminals like sex offenders from Oregon.
Derickdeep: I have a cousin named mandeep. Small world. We need to have more “Nut” kicking seminars for the ladies. It may help putility bleach in the gene pool .
I saw those guys in the park but my gramma round house kicked them in the garden area. She’s like that though.
Hola Steven. No Bueno bendeho. NO BUENO!
D C E Easy on the flouride ok bro? Im with ya all the way, cept maybe that! DIRTY COPS MUST REGISTER!
Gotta say that they did good today tho. They caught those punks quick!
And a huge SUPER KUDOS to that young lady for that knee to the nutts! That girls got spunk! A female without spunk is a worthless bitch!
See ya on your site D C E!
@Huh? It says nothing about our modern society…everyone responds differently in any given situation. We don’t know the size of the victims or anything about them.
This robbery happened in broad daylight. Looks Like the Fluoride Level needs to be Increased!
Just had 2 guys come to my door asking about old appliances. Didn’t open the screen door to talk to them and went upstairs and put on my sidearm just in case.
With as many break-ins and thefts and assaults as are going around right now, I’m not taking chances. Maybe they were legit but I’m not convinced! I don’t think they expected anyone to be home during the day…
What is it saying about our modern society that the girl fights back back and the guy gives in??
One more reason for gun control, These punks deserved to be Gunned Down for these types of crimes. I dare them to pull their mace out on Me. Welcome to Centralia