Three arrested in robbery outside pub

Published 1:26 pm Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Police have arrested two men and one woman in connection with a December robbery outside of the Third Street Pub in south Bend.

On Dec. 31, Bend police were called to the pub after a 41-year-old man reported that he’d been attacked by two men after he was invited to the back parking lot by a woman. The victim said the two men stole his wallet and an undisclosed amount of cash and took off on foot.

Police didn’t have any leads in the case until February, when they received a tip that led them to three suspects: Colleen Marilyn Kalama, 19, of Warm Springs, Donald Joseph Lafferty, 25, of Burns, and Donald Quentin Kane Lafferty, 24, of Hines.

After a month-long investigation, a Deschutes County grand jury indicted all three suspects and issued warrants for their arrest for second-degree robbery, third-degree assault and second-degree theft, according to a news release from the Bend Police Department. Police executed two search warrants in Harney County, where they recovered evidence.

On March 15, Donald Quentin Kane Lafferty was seen leaving his home and was taken into custody by the Harney County Sheriff’s Office. He was later taken to the Deschutes County jail, where he is being held on $50,000 bail.

His cousin, Donald Joseph Lafferty, was already in custody in the Harney County jail on unrelated charges. He will be transported to the Deschutes County jail at a later time, the release said.

Kalama was arrested on Friday and was lodged in the Deschutes County jail, where she is being held on $50,000 bail.