MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A second man has been charged in federal court for the first armed robbery at the Minnesota State Fair.
On Aug. 29 robbers got away with more than $100,000 from the Craft Brewers exhibit at the Agriculture Horticulture Building.
Two suspects, identified as Antonio Terrell Washington, 20, and Jarret Maiden, 25, were arrested for aggravated robbery.
According to the criminal complaint, Jordan Strickland, 23, has also been charged in connection with the robbery.
Court records show Strickland acted as a lookout and helped tie up two workers.
According to the criminal complaint, Washington entered the exhibit upon closing and pointed a gun at an employee closing up the exhibit.
Another employee heard the commotion and entered to office, at which point Strickland, who had been acting as a lookout, came in to the office.
The criminal complaint states Strickland and Washington then tied the employees to chairs with duct tape.
At least 10 minutes passed before the tied-up victims were discovered, and officers were notified.
A day after the robbery, Washington went to a St. Paul car dealership and purchased two cars.
Then on Sept. 4, Washington was stopped by officers in one of the vehicles.
During investigations, Maiden admitted his involvement to the police.
Maiden was a State Fair employee who worked at the exhibit.
According to the criminal complaint Maiden told police he saw an “opportunity to make money” through the exhibit and contacted Washington to commit the robbery.
Maiden said he told Washington and another male, later identified as Strickland, where and when to commit the robbery.
Strickland is now charged with interfering with commerce and using a gun in a crime of violence.
