Man carjacked after paying for prostitute

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A man who agreed to pay a prostitute for a sex act ended up becoming the victim of an armed robbery, according to court documents.

Rodney Marcus Arreguin Jr. and Yamell Amber Regalado appeared in court on Tuesday after being arrested on Monday in Southeast Portland.

Both are charged with one count each of first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Arreguin is also separately charged with felony attempting to elude a police officer. Regalado is charged separately with one count of prostitution.

The investigation started on September 20 at 11:49 p.m. when officers responded to reports of a robbery in the 9000 block of Northeast Hassalo Street. Police arrived and spoke with a man who told them he picked up a prostitute, later identified as Regalado, on 82^nd Avenue. The man who agreed to pay Regalado told police that while in the vehicle, she was “constantly texting,” according to a probable cause affidavit.

The man told police when he and Regalado parked, a black male approached his van from behind and opened the driver’s door and put a gun to his head and demanded money, according to court documents.

The man with the gun was not identified in court documents. It remains unclear if police have identified him.

Regalado got out of the vehicle and left. Police learned another man, identified as Arreguin, approached from behind and opened the passenger door behind the driver’s seat. The man told police that Arreguin told the guy with the gun to shoot the man who had picked up Regalado.

The unidentified suspect, who was armed with the gun, told the man he was taking the car and pulled the man who picked up Regalado out of the car. Arreguin then ran to a black car and got in and left, court documents state.

The other suspect drove off in the van, police said.

The van was located by police at the intersection of Southeast Holgate Blvd. and Southeast 82^nd. The vehicle began to elude police. Speeds during the chase reached 90 mile per hour, according to court documents. Police were not able to capture the driver but located the vehicle abandoned near Southeast 145^th and Foster Road.

Regalado told police she was texting her boyfriend, Arreguin, while she was in the van with the man who picked her up, court documents state. Regalado claimed that after performing the sex act, Arreguin and another man approached the vehicle so she got out of the vehicle and got into the vehicle Arreguin arrived in.

Arreguin told police that he was involved in the robbery but he was not the person with the gun, court documents state. He also admitted to eluding the police after the robbery.

Both Regalado and Arreguin appeared in court on Tuesday where no guilty pleas were entered on their behalf.