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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Four Berkeley County, W.Va., residents were charged Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery last month at a light-rail station in the Baltimore area, the county sheriff’s department said Thursday.
Charles Ruark, 19, of Inwood, W.Va., and Jordan Tate, 22, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., both were being held as fugitives from justice on an armed-robbery warrant issued in Maryland and were charged with 10 counts of credit-card fraud and six counts of conspiracy, according to a sheriff’s department news release.
Leana Mohn, 18, and Icyes Berry, 19, both of Inwood each were charged with one count of conspiracy, and Mohn also was charged with one count of credit-card fraud stemming from the robbery investigation and the use of credit cards that were stolen in the incident, police said.
The investigation stemmed from an armed robbery in November at a light-rail station in Linthicum, Md., the sheriff’s department said.
Two men were robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the station, and they reported to police that their wallets were taken, police said.
The victims were able to provide descriptions of the suspects and a vehicle to the Maryland Transit Administration Police, which investigated the robbery. Anne Arundel County, Md. police also assisted in the investigation.
The victims also later reported that their credit cards were used after the robbery, and investigators determined that the cards were used in Frederick and Howard counties in Maryland and in Berkeley County.
Given a list of the suspect transactions in Berkeley County, sheriff’s department Lt. B.F. Hall was able to obtain video footage from several businesses in the county, including Wal-Mart on Foxcroft Avenue in Martinsburg, and the deputy also obtained a license plate on the suspect vehicle after reviewing the Wal-Mart video.
Investigators were able to identify the suspects from a combination of store surveillance video, social media and witness accounts, police said.
Police subsequently obtained warrants in connection with the incident and arrested the suspects Wednesday, but officers still are investigating the case and other charges might be forthcoming, the sheriff’s department said.
Two search warrants were executed Wednesday morning at homes in Inwood, police said.
Anyone with information about the robbery or stolen credit-card purchases may call Hall at 304-267-7000.
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