Robbery Investigation Arrests 12/15/2014

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER INVESTIGATION

 

     On 12/14/2014 @ 4:50 am, the Morgan City Police Department responded to an Emergency 911 caller and victim who advised that subjects had entered his residence and cut him with a knife.  Officers arrived at the residence located in the 800 block of Levee Rd. to find the victim bleeding from several gashes and wounds about his body.  Emergency medical personnel were summoned and the male victim, a 33 year old male subject, was transported to Teche Regional Hospital where he was treated and transported to a New Orleans Hospital and is listed in stable condition.  

     Detectives investigating the incident learned from the victim that a female subject, came to his residence and with the help of male subjects, gained entry into his front door and attacked and robbed him of an unspecified amount of cash money.  The victim said that the subjects beat him with a tire wrench and cut him repeatedly with a knife in the robbery.  The victim was able to summon help after the suspects left the residence.

      Morgan City Police Department investigators began their search for the suspects and with the help of interviews, identified a female, Mariah A. Grimes and a hispanic male, Geronimo R. Martinez as "Persons of Interest".  Investigators searched several areas in the city and recovered additional evidence and statements through their efforts, eventually located Grimes and Martinez.  Both Mariah A. Grimes and Geronimo R. Martinez were detained and as a result of the evidence and statements were booked on outstanding warrants charging both with Armed Robbery and Attempted First Degree Murder.

     During the investigation, three hispanic males were identified as "Persons of Interest" and suspected of having knowledge of the crime.  Investigators were able to identify those persons and suspected that they had fled the Morgan City area.  Investigators were successful in locating those individuals in Vidor, Texas after they were stopped and detained by authorities.  Based on the investigation, the suspects, Jesus Munoz Perez, Zenen Vasquez, and Ossiel Munoz Perez were arrested by Texas authorities for warrants obtained by Morgan City Police Detectives charging the three with Armed Robbery and Attempted First Degree Murder. They will be additionally charged with Aggravated Burglary.

Arrested by the Morgan City Police Department are:

Mariah A. Grimes, 21 years of age, Address: Spruce St. Morgan City, La. was arrested on 12/14/2014 @ 11:26pm

Charge: Warrant: Armed Robbery, Attempted First Degree Murder; Aggravated Burglary

Mariah A. Grimes

 

Geronimo R. Martinez, 28 years of age, Address-Shaw Drive Morgan City, La. was arrested on 12/15/2014 @ 12:31am

Charge: Warrant: Armed Robbery, Attempted First Degree Murder; Aggravated Burglary

Geronimo R. Martinez

 

     The investigation will continue and the Morgan City Police Department is asking anyone with any information regarding this or any other crime, please contact the Morgan City Police Department @985-380-4605, your local police agency or 911.