The LA County District Attorney’s office this week filed three felony counts against two local men for an incident that occurred last month.
On Jan. 28, at approximately 2:30 pm officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 500 block of Ximeno Avenue regarding an “unknown trouble” call.
The calling party advised dispatch that he was talking to his roommate on the phone and was told there were subjects in their apartment he did not recognize. The calling party said he could hear yelling and some sort of argument in the background, and then the phone was hung up. He then called the police.
According to LBPD, officers arrived at the location within four minutes and encountered a residential robbery in progress. Two suspects were immediately arrested without incident. Officers subsequently found the victim in a bedroom, tied up and appearing to have been physically assaulted. The victim’s loss was recovered, and the suspects were booked at the Long Beach jail.
The suspects have been identified as 25-year-old Louis Wade II and 26-year-old Courtney Griffin, both residents of Long Beach.
On Feb. 1, the LA County District Attorney’s office filed three felony counts on each of them: residential robbery, kidnapping to commit robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon. They are each being held on $1,130,000 bail.
Those with information regarding the incident are encouraged to call the Long Beach Robbery Detail at (562) 570-7464.
