Two Indio residents arrested for robbery
On Saturday, Rancho Mirage Police responded to a call of an armed robbery at a business within the 70200 block of Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage. Officers determined a man and woman entered the business and took lottery tickets by threat of violence. No one was hurt.
The business staff gave them the tickets and the suspects left. Officers weren’t able to find the suspects.
Officers eventually learned the suspects fled the scene in a white, Toyota Tundra.
Two days later, police continued the investigation and found the suspect vehicle and learned the suspects’ identities. The suspects were taken into custody at a business within the 82200 block of Indio Boulevard in the city of Indio. The suspects have been identified as 37-year-old Jonathan Cole of Indio, and 35-year-old Karmina Barajas also of Indio.
The suspects were found with evidence linking them to the robbery. Both Cole and Barajas will be booked at the Indio Jail in the city of Indio on charges of armed robbery and conspiracy.
