SHOW LOW – At least one man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery on the 1300s block of Siesta Drive in Show Low that, according to court records, left a male victim with a seriously injured eye.
In a February 19 press release, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office described the matter as an “ongoing sensitive investigation.” According to the press release, the robbery occurred on February 13, but that appears to be the date an NCSO MP responded to a call to duty at 1:05 a.m. The direct complaint filed in the Show Low Justice Court against the suspect, Show Low’s Kyle Suon Chea, 18, claims the crimes occurred on February 12th. A second man, a Samuel Mendoza Jr., who passed Stomps was arrested but issued a $ 1,000 bond and was released. No complaint had been filed against Mendoza as of last Friday. At press time, Chea is not listed as still in Navajo County Jail.
The case began when an NCSO MP replied to a house in Linden. The caller said that a man was in the residence and was injured, that “his face was bloody and he accused her of jumping,” the MP said. The man seemed reluctant to get medical help (he eventually got stitches) because he “feared retaliation,” said the MP.
It appears that the two men charged with the crime and the battered victim are known to each other. In addition, there was a third “unknown male subject who hit and kicked him (the victim),” according to NCSO records. The male victim informed the MP that one or more of the attackers said during the attack, “This is for (female name edited).” It turns out that the named woman is the Linden woman who the call to the sheriff’s office, possibly explaining why the victim said it was the woman’s fault.
The men allegedly took clothes, a cell phone, an iPad, speakers, cash and drugs from the victim. Authorities swore search warrants and confiscated the stolen money, shoes, machete, wallet, chains, a ring, brass knuckles, clothing and drugs. Where these items were found will not be disclosed. MPs claim meth was found on Chea’s person. He was charged with a number of stolen property trafficking, a Class 2 crime for “managing or supervising theft and trafficking in human beings,” the complaint was a number of aggravated robbery, a Class 3 crime for “using force.” To Forced Property Surrender, ”And possession of dangerous drugs, meth, a grade 4 crime. Chea is considered innocent by law. As mentioned earlier, no complaint has been filed against Stomps Mendoza.
According to court records, Chea makes $ 750 a month and lives with one adult and two children. Mendoza, 22, cites an income roughly equivalent to Chea’s and living with two children. Under the court’s rules, a suspect can be held for 48 business hours while the prosecutor investigates the case. Mendoza released its bond on February 15 and no charges have been filed as of February 18, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any.
The district attorney has seven years to indict most offenses, and the Navajo District Attorney’s Office sets up a grand jury whose deliberations are secret unless or until the grand jury resolves an indictment.
Cheas next trial is March 3rd.
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