SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER TWO PEDESTRIANS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT ON SOUTHEAST POWELL BLVD (PHOTO)
News Release from Portland Police Bureau
Posted on FlashAlert: November 4th, 2017 2:28 PM
On Saturday November 4, 2017, at 6:32 a.m., Central and East Precinct officers responded to the report of two separate pedestrian robberies on Southeast Powell Boulevard.
Officers arrived in the area and contacted both victims. An adult female victim reported she was robbed by a suspect with a gun at 6:32 a.m. while in the 3100 block of Southeast Powell Boulevard. The second victim, an adult male, stated he was robbed at gunpoint at 6:46 a.m. The second victim informed officers he was near Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard and Southeast Powell Boulevard when he was robbed.
During the investigations, officers learned the victims were approached by a male who made demands and brandished a firearm.
Both victims provided a description of the suspect. Officers performed an area search and located a suspect matching the description provided by the victims as the suspect left Creston Park. The suspect was taken into custody.
Neither victim reported being injured during the robberies.
Detectives with the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Robbery Detail responded to assist with the investigation. As Robbery Detail detectives searched an area near Creston Elementary School they located and seized a firearm believed to have been used in the robberies.
The suspect in these robberies has been identified as 20-year-old Javontae Rogers. Rogers was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail on two counts each of Robbery in the First Degree and Robbery in the Second Degree.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact Robbery Detail Detective Robert Hollins at 503-823-3441 or Robert.Hollins@portalnd Oregon.gov
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Officers arrived in the area and contacted both victims. An adult female victim reported she was robbed by a suspect with a gun at 6:32 a.m. while in the 3100 block of Southeast Powell Boulevard. The second victim, an adult male, stated he was robbed at gunpoint at 6:46 a.m. The second victim informed officers he was near Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard and Southeast Powell Boulevard when he was robbed.
During the investigations, officers learned the victims were approached by a male who made demands and brandished a firearm.
Both victims provided a description of the suspect. Officers performed an area search and located a suspect matching the description provided by the victims as the suspect left Creston Park. The suspect was taken into custody.
Neither victim reported being injured during the robberies.
Detectives with the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Robbery Detail responded to assist with the investigation. As Robbery Detail detectives searched an area near Creston Elementary School they located and seized a firearm believed to have been used in the robberies.
The suspect in these robberies has been identified as 20-year-old Javontae Rogers. Rogers was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail on two counts each of Robbery in the First Degree and Robbery in the Second Degree.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact Robbery Detail Detective Robert Hollins at 503-823-3441 or Robert.Hollins@portalnd Oregon.gov
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