Cody man charged in connection with Colorado robbery, shooting

Posted 11/15/16

Jacob Hoard, 26, did not participate in the actual robbery and shooting, but investigators with the Mesa County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Office allege Hoard guided two robbers to the victims’ residence by phone.

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Cody man charged in connection with Colorado robbery, shooting

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A Cody man allegedly helped plan an October robbery in Colorado that ended with three people being shot.

Jacob Hoard, 26, did not participate in the actual robbery and shooting, but investigators with the Mesa County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Office allege Hoard guided two robbers to the victims’ residence by phone.

Authorities allege that when 44-year-old Charles Faison and his 24-year-old son Trevaun Faison arrived at that Molina, Colorado, trailer on the night of Oct. 5, they demanded cash and “weed” and shot the residence’s three occupants. All three victims survived.

Trevaun Faison implicated Hoard in the crime weeks after being arrested. Trevaun Faison recalled Hoard saying there was a major marijuana grow at the trailer, according to court testimony from Mesa County Sheriff’s Investigator Danny Norris reported by the Grand Junction, Colorado, Daily Sentinel. Court records suggest it may have been bad information; one of the men at the home told Norris there were only six marijuana plants in the trailer.

A Mesa County judge issued a warrant for Hoard’s arrest on Nov. 2 on charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery of a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. If convicted, he could also face a stiffer sentence for the crime being one of violence.

Tipped off by their Mesa County counterparts, the Park County Sheriff’s Office located Hoard’s truck in downtown Cody on the evening of Nov. 4. Two deputies blocked in his Ford F-150 and took him into custody.

Last week, Hoard agreed to be transported to Mesa County to face the charges. He made the decision after getting the impression that fighting extradition would likely only prolong the process; contesting extradition opens up the possibility of being released on bond, but Park County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Waters indicated he would have set a high bond for Hoard.

“I think given the nature of these charges, there is an excellent chance you would be incarcerated,” Waters told him, explaining the bond he would set “could very well be prohibitive.”

Hoard said during the hearing that he “was never in the state of Colorado” and had been living in Wyoming since roughly the end of July.

Authorities say Hoard lived in Mesa County a number of years ago and knew the Faisons from when they all were living in North Carolina.

The Faisons later moved to Florida and, according to the Daily Sentinel’s reporting, Trevaun Faison told investigators that “his family had been having money problems in Florida, where he sold marijuana.”

“Trevaun Faison said an acquaintance told his father about a major marijuana grow he knew about in Molina that they should be able to rob,” the Sentinel quoted Norris as saying, apparently referring to Hoard.

The Faisons reportedly drove from their home in Florida to the trailer in Molina between Oct. 4 and 5.

Cellphone records obtained by authorities indicate that Hoard led the Faisons to the trailer, texting them a map and directions.

“All good any questions do it now,” Hoard texted, according to the phone records.

“All I can ask is ur sure this is going to take us (where) we need to go?” Trevaun Faison later responded. “It’s that simple?”

When they arrived, Trevaun Faison used Facetime to show Hoard the residence and Hoard confirmed they were in the correct location, Norris wrote in an affidavit.

When a 37-year-old man answered the door of the trailer, a struggle ensued and he was shot two times in the stomach, according to KKCO 11 News; Trevaun Faison told authorities it was Charles Faison who did that shooting. The man, who was also hit in the head with a shovel, later stole the Faisons’ still-running rental car; that later forced the father and son to flee on foot and helped lead to their capture along a highway on Oct. 6.

Meanwhile, one of the bullets reportedly fired in the 37-year-old’s struggle with Charles Faison went through the wall of the trailer and hit a 38-year-old man in the leg. That man recalled giving the robbers more than $300 while telling them that there was no weed.

“It’s a hell of a thing to die for,” one of the robbers reportedly responded.

The third victim, a 70-year-old man, said he tried getting a gun away from one of the robbers and was shot in the shoulder; he then hid behind a filing cabinet where another bullet richocheted off the floor and hit him in the mouth.

Those shots were reportedly fired by Trevaun Faison.

“Trevaun Faison said his father told him to kill the individuals as to not leave witnesses,” Norris wrote. “Trevaun Faison said he then fired toward the floor between the individuals until the firearm went empty.”

All three of the men in the trailer told authorities they had no idea why they’d been targeted.

Charles and Trevaun Faison are each facing 18 criminal charges, including counts of attempted murder, the Daily Sentinel has reported.

As of Monday, Hoard was still in the Park County jail, awaiting transport to Colorado.

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