Lawrence police arrest two Topeka men accused of taking part in late-December robbery

Two Topeka men are accused of taking part in a late December robbery outside an apartment party.

Thursday afternoon, Travis Tyrell Scott, 21, and Cameron Marshawn Hobbs, 22, were arrested by Lawrence police in Topeka, each on suspicion of aggravated robbery.

Both men were booked into the Douglas County Jail. Scott was held in lieu of $50,000 bond, and Hobbs was held without bond.

Just after 3 a.m. Dec. 23, police responded to an apartment in the 3100 block of Ousdahl Road for a report of a robbery, Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley said in December.

The two victims, one man from Lawrence and another man from Leavenworth, had been at a party in the apartment and left early in the morning, McKinley said. They were followed outside by the suspects, about six men unknown to the victims.

The suspects then followed both victims to their car in the apartment’s parking lot and demanded their cellphones, wallets and other valuables, McKinley said. At least two of the suspects had firearms.

After robbing the victims of their valuables, all the suspects left the scene in two vehicles, McKinley said.

Both victims followed the suspects in their vehicle, but their cellphones had just been stolen so they couldn’t call police, McKinley said. Soon they returned to the apartment and reported the incident.

The victims suffered minor injuries but declined medical attention at the scene, McKinley said.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing, McKinley said. And now that two of the suspects were arrested, more arrests are expected to follow, he said.

“The people have gone underground. They’re difficult to find, and they’re not in Lawrence,” he said. “But we continue to seek the other suspects.”