A Carson City man wanted since August by authorities for allegedly wielding a baseball bat and using it to threaten an elderly man after breaking into his home and then stealing a motorcycle, turned himself into police.
Ralph Allen Keith Jr., 24, of Carson City faces four felony charges including robbery against a person 60 years of age or older, home invasion, extortion and grand larceny of a motor vehicle. A warrant for his arrest was issued Sept. 15 for the Aug. 29 crime, by the Justice Court of Carson Township.
Keith is the second person to be arrested in the August 29 case in which Keith and Frederick Joseph Atherton III, allegedly wielded baseball bats, broke into the home of an 81-year-old man and stole a motorcycle. Keith had been the alleged accomplice and ran from police after being spotted with Atherton III. Authorities arrested Atherton the night of the robbery.
Keith turned himself in at 11:30 on Tuesday night. Bail has been set at $40,000.
In other news:
Carmen Flores, 20, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., turned herself into Carson City authorities on Tuesday afternoon after a warrant was issued for her arrest on Sept. 1.
Flores, a cashier, faces a single charge of felony burglary. Bail has been set at $25,000.
— All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.