Three Wilkes-Barre residents previously accused of burglarizing a Mountain Top home were charged Wednesday with robbing a West Pittston man at gunpoint during a bedroom rendezvous set up on a social media dating application over the summer.<\/p>\n
Siobhan Devine Wenzel, 28, is charged with using Facebook Dating to set up a meeting with the victim and then unlocking the door of his West Pittston home so that her cousin,\u00a0Maurice \u201cMo\u201d Omarion Asbury, 21, and another man, Kyle \u201cSlime\u201d Patrick Moroney, 32, could rob him at gunpoint.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint filed by Wyoming Area Regional Police, the robbery took place at 603 Montgomery Ave. on the night of July 16 after Wenzel set up the meeting with the victim using the alias \u201cShawnee.\u201d<\/p>\n
After arriving at the man\u2019s house around 9:30 p.m., Wenzel and the victim went upstairs to his bedroom, police said.<\/p>\n
Wenzel, however, repeatedly left the room to call and text her alleged co-conspirators, giving Moroney the house number and saying to come \u201cnow,\u201d according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlock the door, love,\u201d Moroney allegedly wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cDone,\u201d Wenzel replied one minute later, police said.<\/p>\n
Two men, both with bandanas covering their faces, burst into the home moments later, with one of them pulling a pistol and threatening to shoot the victim, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
The victim told the intruders not to shoot and said they could have his property. The robbers fled the scene with a 1965 Harmony Airline guitar, an Apple iPhone, credit cards and a diamond engagement ring, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Police estimated the loss at over $2,000.<\/p>\n
The robbers subsequently sold the phone in Edwardsville and sold the guitar at a Hazleton-area music store, police said.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the victim identified Wenzel as \u201cShawnee\u201d in a photo lineup and that Wenzel identified Asbury and Moroney as her masked co-conspirators during questioning.<\/p>\n
Police on Wednesday charged the trio with robbery, theft, simple assault, criminal trespassing, reckless endangerment and several other offenses. Court records indicated they had not been immediately arraigned on the charges.<\/p>\n