New details out in SW Redmond robbery, standoff

Two residents were arrested after a three-hour standoff Monday at a southwest Redmond home where a visiting 22-year-old man had been robbed at gunpoint Sunday night, police said.

Sgt. Jesse Petersen said Christopher James Moe, 39, and Lisa Ann Richter, 45, reportedly used a gun “and other means to steal money and other items” from the victim shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday at their home in the 2300 block of Southwest Salmon Avenue.

With the case still under investigation, police revealed few other details late Monday, other than to say the pair were arrested at the same home without further incident.

But they said the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, the Central Oregon Emergency Response (SWAT) Team, Bend police and their crisis negotiation team assisted in the arrests.

Moe was booked into the Deschutes County Jail late Monday, held without bail on a parole violation and facing new charges of first-degree robbery, menacing, coercion, second-degree theft and failure to register as a sex offender.

Richter was booked on charges of first-degree robbery, coercion, menacing and second-degree theft. She was held on $120,000 bail.

On Tuesday, Lt. Mike Kidwell told NewsChannel 21 neither suspect was in possession of a weapon when they were taken into custody. He also said “evidence related to the crimes” was found when a search warrant was executed at the home.

Sunday night’s manhunt and fast-spreading word of what had taken place prompted many area residents to lock their doors and express concern about what was taking place, wanting to know more.

Kidwell said he knows of no official “shelter in place” orders given in the neighborhood, though a couple residents were asked to go back into their houses.

After Monday’s standoff and arrests, some noted the troubles in the area they said had been tied to the house.

I’ve got kids, you know?” neighbor Warren Scott said, pointing to his home. “I don’t want them to be around this crap.”

“Hypodermic needles all over the place down here,” Scott said. “We find people sitting outside here, overnight – things like that.”

“I wasn’t really afraid that much,” he added. “I was more concerned about what could happen, if they (police) didn’t take down the house.”

Scott said he hopes the neighborhood goes back to being a safe place. “Maybe that’ll keep the people out of our yard, you know — keep the people from hiding around down here, things like that.”