A Duluth man who thought he was giving acquaintances a ride ended up being held at gunpoint, according to charges filed against three men accused of robbing him. Earlier that day, two masked men allegedly entered his house while he was away. Trequwan Nashon Scott, 24, Desmon Lenard Tillman, 20, and Trevon Jermaine Eaton, 25, now face felony charges tied to the Oct. 14 incident.
According to MN Crime, Scott and Tillman are each charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree aggravated robbery, while Eaton faces a single charge of first-degree aggravated robbery. The complaints were filed in St. Louis County District Court on Oct. 23. The outlet reports the victim left for work around 11:30 a.m. that day and finished a meeting at 12:30 p.m., at which point three men approached and asked him for a ride. He knew two of them.
An Armed Robbery Turns Violent
What started as a favor allegedly turned into an armed robbery once the men were in the car. Per the same account, the three men robbed the victim at gunpoint while he was driving, and the complaint states that Tillman held a gun to the victim’s head during the struggle. The victim told investigators he believed one of the men in the back seat also had a weapon.
The confrontation escalated into a physical struggle, and the victim ultimately drove to an alley in the 1800 block of First Street in Duluth. The men then disabled the car by pulling out its keys, took a Glock handgun the victim kept under his seat, and ran off, the report states.
Home Surveillance Caught the Break-In
Earlier that day, before the armed robbery, the victim’s house was reportedly burglarized. Home surveillance footage showed two masked men entering the Duluth house through a window at 11:54 a.m. that day, with one masked man opening the back door to let the second one inside, according to the charges. The pair left the house about six minutes later…