LPD Makes Third Arrest in Holmes Lake Robbery

Lincoln Police have arrested a third person in connection with a robbery at Holmes Lake Park South Shore on June 22nd. Sergeant Chris Vollmer the Gang Unit and Narcotics Unit Investigators arrested 21 years-of-age Adonis Jones Friday evening for his involvement in this robbery.

“Jones was taken into custody near 9th & Washington after a short foot chase and lodged in the Lancaster County Jail,” Vollmer says. Jones was booked for robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

18-year-old Anania Ruba was arrested on the same charges. The 17-year-old boy was referred to the Youth Assessment Center on June 26. LPD says around 9:00 p.m. on that night officers were sent to the lake where a 20-year-old man from Crete and a 21-year-old man from Papillion reported being robbed at gunpoint by a male known to them and two other unknown males.

The 21-year-old told officers he showed a firearm to the group when all three suspects took out their own firearms and stole the 21-year-old victim’s gun, phone, cash and keys, along with the phone of the 20-year-old victim, before leaving the area.

On June 26, Police contacted the 17-year-old from Lincoln and found the stolen handgun during a probable cause search of his vehicle. He was referred and booked at the Youth Services Center for robbery, use of a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile offender.

(Adonis Jones photo: courtesy Lancaster County Dep. Of Corrections)