Phone call foils robbery, assault in Sikeston

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A plot to assault and rob a Sikeston man was foiled by officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety.

Just before noon Thursday, officers received information that four Charleston men were in Sikeston planning to use firearms to rob and/or assault a Sikeston man. Using a description of the suspect vehicle, officers located then stopped the car on Branum Street near West Murray Lane.

According to a news release from the Sikeston DPS, during the vehicle stop, officers located a concealed handgun and shotgun ammunition in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and a 12-gauge shotgun was found in the trunk of the car.

Arrested were Kiari D. Haynes, 18, Raphael O. Carthell, 20, and Jeremy S. Rigney, 20, all of Charleston. They are each charged with unlawful use of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child, first degree attempted assault, first degree robbery and armed criminal action.

A fourth subject, a juvenile, was also arrested.

Haynes, Carthell and Rigney had cash bonds set at $100,000 each and remain in the Scott County Jail pending their arraignment.

"As seen in this case, a simple phone call can prevent a major crime," said Sgt. Jim McMillen in the news release. "We urge anyone with information regarding any crime to call our department and not sit idly by. Cooperation between the citizens and our department is paramount for the safety of our city."