One of five co-defendants in a Camas home-invasion robbery was sentenced Friday morning in Clark County Superior Court to seven years in prison.
Evan B. Barajas, 20, of Vancouver previously pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and third-degree assault stemming from the May 12 incident.
Co-defendant Raelyn G. Domingo, 15, was sentenced in July to 15 to 36 weeks in a juvenile facility for her role in the robbery. Trials for the other co-defendants — Jamil R. Timpke Rhoades, 19, Keonte D. Scott, 20, and Amanda Louise Seekins, 16 — are pending.
According to court records, Camas police were called about 2:45 a.m. to a residence in the 3900 block of Northeast Tacoma Court for a robbery. The resident of the home, Jacob Pete, 19, and a house guest, Jeremiah Jefferson, 18, told police they were robbed at gunpoint and assaulted.
Pete said he and Domingo had been talking through social media for a few weeks, and he invited her over. She arrived at his residence about 1 a.m., but when Pete opened the door, three men armed with handguns pushed their way inside and ordered him and Jefferson to the floor, court documents say.
Scott repeatedly punched Pete in the face and kicked him, court records state.
The assailants took Pete’s cellphone, $40 in cash, a debit card, his Washington driver’s license and car key. They also took Jefferson’s cellphone and wallet, which contained his Washington identification, a debit card and about $350 in cash. The men grabbed Pete’s gaming console and controllers and Jefferson’s backpack, which contained two cameras, according to court documents
Jefferson eventually used a computer to contact his brother, who called 911.
A neighbor’s surveillance video captured a silver four-door sedan dropping off three males and a female near Pete’s residence shortly after 1 a.m. The four people are seen walking inside while the car drives away, the affidavit states.
Domingo, Timpke Rhoades, Barajas and Seekins, the alleged getaway driver, were arrested days later during a traffic stop in the area of Northeast 29th Drive and Northeast 187th Avenue in Vancouver. Scott was already in custody for allegedly assaulting a taxicab driver in Vancouver.
In addition to his prison sentence, Barajas will serve 18 months of community custody.
