Four Charged for Assault, Theft Outside of Rochester Business
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Olmsted County Attorney’s Office filed charges against four people Thursday in connection to a reported fight and robbery outside of a Rochester business last December.
The criminal complaint in the case says on December 18 Rochester police officers took the report of a past action robbery that had occurred about two hours prior to officers being called. The incident occurred in front of a business in the 3100 block of Wellner Dr. Northeast.
The victim told police she had walked outside of the building to talk to her sister then returned to the building when she was approached by a woman who asked if she had fought the victim a month ago then swung at the victim around 4:30 a.m. The victim said two women began hitting her then a man hit her in the face causing her to start bleeding, the charges say.
The three assailants then took the victim’s phone and wig and left the scene. Officers and the victim tracked her phone to an apartment in the 1500 block of 8 ½ St. southeast. Officers opened the door and saw the victim’s phone and wig inside of the apartment, according to the complaint.
Two women were in the apartment, one of which the victim identified as one of her attackers. One of the women in the apartment told police they found the wig and phone in the snow and returned the items to the victim at the apartment, the charges say.
Detectives conducted an investigation that involved follow-up interviews and identified the following four Rochester residents as being involved in the incident:
- 24-year-old Shiana Jackson
- 24-year-old Katera Cooper
- 26-year-old Vianna Collins
- 29-year-old Keywan Johnson
The Rochester Police investigation concluded that Jackson had initiated the fight. Collins then joined the fight and Johnson then punched the victim in the head.
The charges say Cooper was not involved in the fight but did take the victim’s phone and wig from the scene. The victim's items were found in Cooper’s and Jackson’s apartment.
Jackson is facing a felony theft charge, a gross misdemeanor charge for third-degree rioting, a misdemeanor assault charge and a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. Johnson was charged with gross misdemeanor charge for third-degree rioting and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Cooper was charged with felony theft and Collins was charged with gross misdemeanor charge for third-degree rioting and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The four are due to make their first court appearances on March 9.
