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Updated: 11:20 PM Oct 9, 2008
Police Investigating Robberies in La Crosse
Police say three men assaulted and robbed two people Wednesday night, during a downtown crime spree in La Crosse, and one of their victims is speaking out.
Posted: 4:27 PM Oct 9, 2008 |
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Just hours after their Wednesday night crime spree, three men, Terrell Quinn, Kalan Mabins and Marcus Weston were in a courtroom.
"We are seeking charges of robbery, burglary and operating a motor vehicle without the owners consent in addition one of these three suspects was charged with resisting arrest,” says La Crosse Police Chief Ed Kondracki.
Kondracki says the three targeted their first victim at Kramer’s Bar in downtown La Crosse just before 9pm Wednesday. That's where the chief says Quinn, Mabins and Weston assaulted and robbed a man.
A few minutes later, he says they robbed another victim, Nick Bluhm.
"I still did what they told me to because I was still scared,” says Bluhm.
Bluhm says he was walking near Saint Joseph the Workman Cathedral School when the three men ran up, told him they had a gun and demanded money.
"He said well if you don't have any money or a wallet then we're going to have to shoot you and the second guy came up and stuck his fingers to my back acting like he had a gun,” says Bluhm.
But, the group's crime spree quickly came to an end.
Chief Kondracki says thanks to the public and La Crosse law enforcement. Police caught the three men after they left a downtown house.
"I think this case is an excellent example of community involvement multijurisdictional effort with the Sheriffs Department, the Shelby Police Department and the La Crosse Police Department,” says Kondracki.
All three men are being held in La Crosse County Jail until charges can be filed.
Meanwhile, Bluhm says he won't be walking alone at night anymore.
"I'm not walking anywhere without somebody else with me because of what happened and I suggest anybody else to do the same."
Mabins and Quinn are being held on $20,000 bonds. Weston is being held on a $30,000 bond.
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