Fourth 18-year-old suspect arrested in Newport armed robbery case

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After three 18-year-olds were arrested and charged with armed robbery last week, a fourth teen was also taken into custody on Monday, according to Newport police.

Uziel Fuentes Hernandez, 18, was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery and coercion. He was lodged in the Lincoln County Jail.

On Aug. 15, police responded to the area of 617 SW Bay Blvd after a man reported that he had been in the parking lot when he was approached by a Honda CR-V and told to get inside the car.

The victim later told police the car had approached with four men wearing masks and one of the passengers pointing a gun. When the man got inside, the other people inside the car also displayed firearms.

“The suspect males ordered the victim to give them all of his money. The victim complied and gave them a large sum of cash,” police said. “The victim was able to exit the vehicle and took a picture of the vehicle as it drove away.”

Jonathan Olvera Duran, Manuel Felipe, and Miguel Interian Sosa were all arrested after the car was found in Corvallis less than two hours later. However, the whereabouts of the fourth suspect, later identified as Hernandez, were unknown.

Police say Hernandez “began threatening to cause harm to witnesses in the robbery case if they did not retract their statements to police. Witnesses were scared for their personal safety and the safety of their families.”

Hernandez was located while working at a Lincoln City business on Monday. After he briefly fled on foot, he was taken into custody without incident.