4 in custody following St. George assault, car theft


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ST. GEORGE — Four individuals are in custody after an aggravated assault and car jacking in St. George Saturday night, police said.

Saturday night, police were notified of four males fighting in the parking lot of a Walgreens in St. George, according to St. George police. According to reports, three of the males were assaulting the driver of a blue Ford Mustang that had pulled into a parking stall.

The suspects then stole the vehicle, and an officer in the area observed it being driven, police said. The Mustang eventually pulled into a motel parking lot, at which time officers took four occupants into custody.

Upon further investigation, the incident was revealed to be a planned car theft. The four suspects — identified as Chelsey Taylor, Patrick Bayles, David Lee Davenport and Carl Vernon Eugene Fowlkes — planned to meet the victim in the Walgreens parking lot, reportedly by Taylor's design, police said. It was unclear how the group lured the victim to the parking lot, and police did not speculate as to the victim's relationship with any of the suspects.

When the victim pulled in, the suspects boxed the Mustang in and assaulted the victim, taking personal items from him, police said. They then stole the Mustang and left the area before later being taken into custody.

Taylor, Bayles and Davenport were each arrested for suspicion of robbery. Fowlkes received the same charge and an additional suspected aggravated assault charge, the result of an apparent attempt to hit the victim with the vehicle as it left the scene, according to police.

The victim sustained minor injuries from the assault, police said.

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