NEWPORT, Ore. — A 20-year-old Independence man was arrested Tuesday after Newport police say he robbed an acquaintance at gunpoint inside a Newport hotel before fleeing south on Highway 101.
According to the Newport Police Department, officers responded at approximately 11:20 a.m. on July 14 to the Days Inn, located at 544 S.W. Coast Highway, following a report of an armed robbery.
The victim told officers they had been robbed by a known associate, identified as Christopher Michael Lekoff, 20, of Independence…