Town of Clay, New York-The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office reports that detectives have charged three people in connection with an armed robbery home invasion that occurred the morning of June 28th in a North Syracuse neighborhood.
This morning at approximately 4:30 A.M., Sheriff’s Deputies along with the State Police responded to a residence in the 300 block of Chestnut Street for a reported burglary in progress. A child at the residence called 911 to report that at least two males had broken into the home. Upon the arrival of Deputies and Troopers, one male fled from the home on foot but was quickly apprehended. A second male was apprehended inside the home and a third male who also fled from the home was caught a short distance away. Upon further investigation, deputies discovered an adult female victim inside the residence who had her hands bound behind her and who had sustained minor injuries to her head. The adult male victim in the residence was located with a minor injury to his ear and the three children in the residence were unharmed. The victims further reported that the suspects were armed with handguns, which deputies later located three handguns at the scene.
The following suspects were identified as Malik Shabazz (18) of Ohio, Andres Arzola-Torres (31) of Ohio and Anthony Santiago (33) of Ohio. All three suspects were charged with robbery in the 1st degree, burglary in the 1 st degree, assault in the 2nd degree (2 counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the 2nd degree, criminal possession of a firearm (3 counts), criminal uses of a firearm in the 1st degree (3 counts), menacing in the 2nd degree (4 counts), unlawful imprisonment in the 1st degree, criminal mischief in the 4th degree, conspiracy in the 4 th degree and endangering the welfare of a child (3 counts) They are expected to be arraigned sometime this evening in Centralized Arraignment Court. Detectives believe the victims were targeted; however, the investigation is still active/ongoing.
