A Vancouver man appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Wednesday in connection with a Nov. 20 home-invasion robbery in Vancouver in which two victims were tied up and threatened with a pistol.
Billy T. Lawson, 28, and another unnamed suspect are accused of forcing their way into a residence at 11000 block of Northeast 49th St. and tying up a man and a man and then fleeing the residence. Lawson allegedly pointed a pistol at the male victim’s head and threatened to kill him.
The two suspects then took the male victim’s cellphones and a pink handgun that belongs to the female victim, according to court documents. They fled the area in a red Ford Crown Victoria, court records say.
Lawson was later apprehended in Gresham, the documents say.
Judge Robert Lewis held Lawson in the Clark County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail and appointed Vancouver attorney Susan Stauffer to defend him. Lawson is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 4 on charges of two counts of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count of a theft of a firearm.
