Two Arrested for Breaking Nevada Robbery Law in Mesquite
Last week two men allegedly entered the Virgin Valley Pawn Shop, pulled a gun and sprayed one of the employees in the face with pepper spray. A second employee managed to record the suspects' license plate number before they fled the scene. Police pursued the suspects, who crashed their car and escaped on foot before eventually being caught.
Both suspects have been charged with breaking Nevada robbery law with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, evading police and the possession of methamphetamine. One of the men was also charged with coercion with a deadly weapon. Chief Douglas Law expressed his relief that the situation ended without violence: “We were fortunate no one was injured, especially given the circumstances surrounding the armed robbery and pursuit; I want to commend everyone who worked as a team to safely apprehend the suspects.”
Nevada robbery law makes it a felony to take the personal property from the person of another in his presence, against the person's will, and by means of force or fear of injury. (Robbery is another word for mugging.) It carries two to fifteen years in prison, though the sentence may be doubled if a deadly weapon was used in pursuance of it.
