Colorado Springs Police Department: Arrests In Robbery Pattern

Colorado Springs CO

09 April, 2021

5:15 PM

Description

Press release from the Colorado Springs Police Department: 2021-04-09 From February 2, 2021, through April 5, 2021, a series of armed robberies were committed at local businesses and a home invasion was committed at a residence, all in the Colorado Springs Area.  The Colorado Springs Police Department's Robbery Unit has identified and arrested the suspects for this robbery pattern.  Detectives identified the suspects as 20-year-old Brian Omar Rodriguez, 20-year-old Keiandre Joseph Shelton, 21-year-old Isaac Cuitlahuac Lara-Rodriguez, and 26-year-old Corey Michael Roque.  The robbery pattern included the following: 02/03/2021         Home Invasion robbery at a Residence in the 2900 block of Gomer Avenue 03/03/2021         7 Eleven, 330 South Academy Boulevard 03/03/2021         Loaf N Jug, 4770 Drennan Road 03/11/2021         Diamond Shamrock, 432 North Circle Drive 03/24/2021         Kum and Go, 3025 Hancock Expressway 03/26/2021         Walgreens, 303 South Circle Drive 03/28/2021         7 Eleven, 210 West Fillmore Street 03/29/2021         7 Eleven, 310 West Uintah Street 03/29/2021         7 Eleven, 825 North Nevada Avenue 03/29/2021         T-Mobile, 373 East Fillmore Street 04/02/2021         7 Eleven, 450 North Murray Boulevard 04/02/2021         Kum and Go, 2410 North Academy Boulevard 04/05/2021         7 Eleven, 3004 West Colorado Avenue   Rodriguez has been charged with eight counts of aggravated robbery and one count of first degree kidnapping.  Shelton has been charged with eight counts of aggravated robbery and one count of first degree kidnapping.  Lara-Rodriguez has been charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery.  Roque has been charged with one count of aggravated robbery. *Mugshots of the four Arrestees are at the end of this release. The robbery that occurred at the 7 Eleven on April 5, 2021, which involved three of these suspects, was the preceding event that led to the pursuit and officer-involved shooting later that morning involving CSPD police officers.  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is handling the officer-involved shooting investigation. Anyone with information or who is a witness to this investigation is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at (719) 444-7000; or if you wish to remain anonymous, you may call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.   This press release was produced by the Colorado Springs Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.