3 men charged with robbing driver who had to jump from moving car to escape

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) – Three eastern Iowa men were arrested on Wednesday for first-degree robbery.

Around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, Josiah Leach of Cedar Rapids, Mikael White of Marion, and Royal Jones of Marion were inside the victim’s Audi and told him to drive to Azure Apartment complex in Marion. The driver told officers he knew them as “Ruger” and “Lil Jo.”

With Leach in the front seat, Marion Police say he pointed a handgun at the driver. One of the men in the backseat hit him in the head. The driver told officers he was hit with the handgun multiple times. He also said the three men took his iPhone, his wallet with $400, a diamond chain necklace and a diamond watch…

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