Auburn man charged with robbery

By: The Citizen staff report

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:27 PM EST

A local man was arrested by the Auburn Police Department after he was accused of robbing the out-of-town guests of a Melone Village resident on Tuesday morning, detectives said.
Detectives said Vidal Maurice Whitley, 25, of 20 Thornton Ave., apartment 211, Auburn, is accused of forcing his way into the apartment at 12:13 a.m. to look for the tenant after one of the guests answered the door.

Detectives accuse Whitley of robbing cash from the visitors after he found that the tenants had locked themselves in an upstairs bathroom, police said.

Two other men had accompanied Whitley to the apartment, but they have not been charged, police said. Those suspects were found a short time after they left the apartment when a patrol unit stopped their car, believing it was involved with the incident.

The two men were interviewed and released, detectives said.

Whitley was later found at a residence on Chestnut Street, and was charged with felony burglary robbery, police said.

The investigation is still ongoing, and more charges are pending.

Police ask anyone with information regarding this incident call Detective Christopher McLoughlin at 255-4706.

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brew1234 wrote on Nov 11, 2008 8:41 PM:

" Who are you Wyatt Earp? Charge em' then run em' out of town. Smarten up, we all have rights. As unfair as it seems it's our constitution rights. Then again maybe you are just venting and don't actually mean what you say. "

eleventoseven wrote on Nov 11, 2008 8:07 PM:

" Oh yes, blame it on apartment renters. Because house owners NEVER get arrested and charged for anything. -Eye roll- "

justventing wrote on Nov 11, 2008 5:26 PM:

" Another apartment dweller in trouble. Had enough yet? It's time to get the renters "the ones who have been arrested and charged" out of town. "

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