ST. PETER, Minn. — Charges filed against an 18-year-old suggest he used an Airsoft rifle during a robbery-vehicle theft Saturday at Gustavus Adolphus College.
Tayvius Sorgatz Martin, of Maple Grove, was charged with felonies for first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, simple robbery and theft in Nicollet County District Court.
A criminal complaint states the robbery occurred around 2:45 a.m. A woman told police she parked her Buick LaCrosse on campus and was walking to her dorm when a man wearing a ski mask and holding what looked like a rifle ordered her to give up her keys or he’d “shoot her in the head.”
The man took the keys then ran toward her vehicle, according to the complaint, while she went to the dorm and called police.
Local police reported the vehicle as stolen, leading to the Plymouth Police Department locating it Sunday at a Walgreens.
Martin was one of two people in the vehicle. The other person, Star Wesley Sommerville, 19, of Plymouth, was booked into jail but had not been charged as of Wednesday.
In an email, Gustavus confirmed Martin is not enrolled as a student and has no known connection to the college.
The complaint against Martin notes his parents confirmed he owns an AR-style Airsoft rifle.
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