Third suspect convicted of Wigwam Inn armed robbery
STEVENS POINT — A New London man accused of robbing the Wigwam Inn in the town of Alban with two other people was convicted Wednesday of related charges.
Harlon Raymond, 25, pleaded no contest to armed robbery, criminal damage to property, possessing a firearm as a felon, resisting or obstructing an officer and criminal trespassing. Raymond was charged along with Tanner Raymond, 20, of Wautoma, and Destiny Clinton, 18, both of whom have already been convicted of similar charges.
Two masked suspects entered the Wigwam Inn in the town of Alban in the early morning hours of Nov. 30 with an AK-47-style assault rifle and robbed the bar, according to the criminal complaint. Cheryl Clinton — the mother of Destiny Clinton, Harlon Raymond's sister and Tanner Raymond's cousin — was bartending at the time of the robbery and alerted the owners, who were in a residence attached to the bar.
After the robbery, a deputy with the Portage County Sheriff's Office saw a suspicious car traveling south on Highway 49. Three suspects abandoned the car and fled on foot into a nearby wooded area, leaving the still-moving car to roll unoccupied into a ditch, according to the complaint.
The suspects were tracked to Rosholt. During a check of a residence on Washington Avenue, the suspects were found hiding in the basement and were taken into custody. Police found about $1,400 in cash and an assault rifle believed to be used in the robbery after they made the arrests.