OGDEN — Five people coordinated an armed robbery outside an Ogden residence on April 1, according to court documents, and “the group of suspects are strongly connected to multiple violent gang members.”
On that day, a man was “lured” to a duplex on Canyon Road by 29-year-old Lisette Parra Chavez, who told two men when she would arrive with the victim in his car, according to charging documents.
Two men were shown on surveillance footage robbing the driver of a vehicle at gunpoint, pulling him out of his car before taking “multiple valuable personal items,” charges say.
Chavez initially told police she didn’t know the robbers, but search warrants of cellphones and surveillance footage showed that the two men were given the location of a key to Chavez’s house to wait for the woman and the victim to arrive, and she “had been in regular communication with the suspect just prior and after the robbery,” a police booking affidavit for Chavez states.
Taylor Nichole Chavez, 18, who lives at the same address, is alleged to have also been “actively involved in the planning of the robbery,” as police say she could be seen on surveillance footage “coming out of the apartment several times as she appears to be checking on the events,” and lying to investigators, the charges allege.
Taylor Chavez contacted someone telling him “she had lied to the police about which phone was hers and which belonged to Lisette with the intent to delete all the messages from Lisette’s phone regarding the robbery,” according to the charges.
Colton Elias Malone, 32, was identified as the man who grabbed the victim and pulled him from the car, while the other pointed the gun, charging documents say. He told police “he is a gang member, and when you get robbed, you can’t be ‘sour about it,'” the affidavit says. He claimed he was following the other suspect’s lead.
A warrant was served on Malone’s address, and he was arrested on April 4. While in Weber County Jail, Malone made a phone call to a woman, who lives at the same address, asking if police found the “thing,” according to the affidavit.
Over the phone, he described exactly where “the main thing” was hidden, in a speaker on the entertainment center in a living room, and the woman allegedly said the police didn’t find it and to stop talking about it.
Police served another warrant looking for “the thing,” and reported finding “a large quantity of drug paraphernalia” and a black 9mm handgun tucked into the speaker, per Malone’s instructions, court documents say. The woman at the house was arrested but never charged.
Lissette Chavez, Taylor Chavez and Malone are charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, and obstruction of justice, a second degree felony. Malone was also charged with possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony.
Lisette Chavez and Malone are being held in Weber County Jail.
Police say they identified the second man involved in the alleged robbery, but KSL.com was not able to locate arrest or charging documents for the individual. Ogden police did not have additional information immediately available.
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