Reno Police officers say they have arrested a man accused of tying up a father, daughter and family friend and then holding them at gunpoint inside an apartment.
Police say on June 18th they responded to a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Police say they learned a father, daughter and family friend had been tied up and held at gunpoint inside their apartment by an unknown suspect. They say the suspect then stole several items from inside the apartment and sexually assaulted the underage daughter.
Prior to leaving the apartment, police say the suspect started a fire in the kitchen area but the father freed himself and put out the fire.
Reno Police say they identified a suspect through DNA taken from evidence collected at the scene and arrested 25-year-old Timothy Randell on Tuesday.
Randell was booked into the Washoe County Jail on the following charges:
three counts of attempted murder, three counts of 1st degree kidnapping, five counts of sexual assault, two counts of battery to commit robbery, battery to commit sexual assault, three counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary, 1st degree arson, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure
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