An 18-year-old involved in a car chase and the theft of items from multiple victims was sentenced Thursday in Clark County Superior Court to three months in jail.
Court documents show Malijah M. Alvarez pleaded guilty and was sentenced on the amended charges of being an accomplice to three counts of first-degree theft. He originally faced robbery and assault charges.
Judge John Fairgrieve permitted work release in Alvarez’s case and allowed him to turn himself into the Clark County Jail on Friday, according to a sentencing affidavit.
In September, Alvarez was arrested with Sanguinette E. Wigner and Devonte J. Stephens, both of whom are also teens.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a group of three was chased by two or more vehicles on the morning of Sept. 12 through Salmon Creek, Felida and south Ridgefield.
During the chase, someone in one of the suspect vehicles pointed a gun at the victims, according to the affidavit. The victims’ vehicle broke down, and they fled on foot. One of the victims was caught and then “accosted and assaulted,” the affidavit says. The assailants also stole items from the victims.
Cars sped off when Clark County deputies arrived on the scene. The allegations do not say how deputies were called to the undisclosed location. Deputies were able to pull over one of the suspect vehicles and questioned Alvarez, who’d been driving. He admitted that the assault took place but denied taking part in it, according to the affidavit.
Halloween masks were found in the vehicle Alvarez was driving; more masks were found at the scene of the assault, according to the affidavit.
Wigner received an identical three-month jail sentence on three counts of theft on Dec. 6, according to court records.
Stephens, who was 17 when he was arrested, was sentenced to a month of jail time.
