20-year-old man in jail on kidnapping, robbery charges

A 20-year-old Ottawa man is being held on a $50,000 bond at Douglas County Jail after being arrested on charges of kidnapping and robbery stemming from a Jan. 10 incident.

Dustin Jamal Burnett was arrested in Jackson County, Mo., by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon on a warrant.

Burnett is the fourth person arrested in the case, which involved the robbery of four people in the 1700 block of West 19th Street.

According to police, four or five men stopped by around midnight on Jan. 10 to visit someone they knew in the apartment.

After a short time, the suspects — who indicated they had guns — robbed four victims in the home. The suspects took money, cell phones and other items from the home.

The other suspects, all Ottawa men, have since been arrested, convicted. They are:

• Colby Blaine Simon, 19, pleaded no contest to attempted robbery and theft and is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 10.

• Dominique Rashad Burnett, 22, Ottawa, was sentenced to 52 months in prison in September after pleading guilty to various charges.

• Dallas Jay Ambler, 22, Ottawa, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted robbery and will be sentenced Dec. 21.