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Armed robbery attempt in Orem, 3 adults arrested and 1 juvenile in detention

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OREM, UT— On Wednesday, three 18-year-old men and one juvenile, driven by a woman, tried to rob people at gunpoint.

The Orem City Police officers responded to the incident location, where they met with the victims.

Reportedly, the victims were at the dog park on the north side of their apartment complex when a white van pulled up next to them and pointed a gun at them, saying  “give me all that you got”.

They responded, “we don’t have anything and don’t want any trouble”. Then the suspects got out of the van and pointed a gun to a victim’s head, and then to his girlfriend too.

Shortly after, Provo Police located the vehicle with a woman, a juvenile and three 18-year-old men inside. The woman was the only one who cooperated with the police, saying that they picked her up after work.

When the officers searched the vehicle, they found a .38 special and a revolver in the glove box, marijuana in the back seat and in one of their pockets.

The suspects, Victor Gant and Cayden Proctor, of West Jordan, and Jonathan Barajas, of Springville, were all transferred into the Utah County jail, where they were ordered held without bail.

Gant and Proctor each face charges of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a class B misdemeanor, and possession of a controlled substances marijuana/spice, a class B misdemeanor.

Barajas faces a charge of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony.

The juvenile was booked into a detention center.

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