A Hays County Grand Jury last month indicted a San Antonio man for his role in a 2017 armed robbery where he and at least three others allegedly held up a Kyle man in his home, while his daughters were sleeping.
Charlie King Thompson, 26, was indicted on felony counts of aggravated robbery, engaging in organized criminal activity, credit card abuse and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Thompson also faces a felony count of endangering a child.
The suspects escorted the victim out of the bedroom into the hallway, then into another room where they took his wallet and cell phone while he laid facedown on a bed. The two men also questioned him about his PIN number on his credit card and threatened to “kill him and his daughters” if he lied, according to the affidavit.
According to a Hays County arrest affidavit, Kyle Police were dispatched at approximately 12:11 a.m. Sept. 13, 2017 to the 700 block of West Third Street in Kyle for a reported armed robbery.
Upon arrival, authorities met with a nearby resident who told them she was awoken by her neighbor who asked to use her phone because he had been robbed.
The male victim told authorities he was browsing backpage.com, a classified website that’s been accused of enabling prostitution, when he opted to call a woman on an advertisement on the page at around 11 p.m. that night. While the victim didn’t recall the description of the ad, he told authorities the woman’s name was “Racheal,” who was identified as a black woman in a red thong, according to the affidavit.
The victim called the woman and provided his address; he continued to text the woman until she arrived roughly 30 minutes later, according to the affidavit. While the victim was texting the woman, he told her to “just walk in” as his front door was unlocked and his children were sleeping.
The woman, who arrived but briefly walked out after the victim told her he didn’t have a condom. He later walked her to the back of the house and showed her the room where his children were sleeping. He later took her into a different room and sat on the bed.
It was at that point the victim said he felt a pistol pressed against his head and a man’s voice telling him not to get up and not look at him.
The victim allegedly told authorities he saw at least two black men in his house, one carrying a shotgun and another carrying a pistol. He also said he thought there were two other men in the house as well, but could not provide descriptions. One of the men took out an oxygen hose out of the victim’s nose, causing him to be short-winded.
The suspects escorted the victim out of the bedroom into the hallway, then into another room where they took his wallet and cell phone while he laid facedown on a bed. The two men also questioned him about his PIN number on his credit card and threatened to “kill him and his daughters” if he lied, according to the affidavit.
The suspects were in the home for roughly 30 minutes before they fled. The suspects took several televisions and jewelry, along with taking the victim’s Ford F-150.
The victim’s daughters, who are minors, told police they were asleep in their bed when they heard noise in the house. One of the victim’s daughters saw several men and one woman going through their stuff, then later saw a black man wearing “dark colored clothing” standing with her father in a room while holding a gun.
One of the daughters said she saw the suspects leave the house in her father’s truck, which was a white four-door pickup.
Six days later, on Sept. 19, 2017, Kyle Police investigators received bank transactions from the victim showing several locations in San Antonio where they had used his credit card. Authorities received surveillance video from the locations and saw three people who were later identified as Paul Coleman, Darrian Roberts and Tabreya Williams, who were all connected via social media.
On Oct. 16, Kyle Police received a recovered stolen property report in San Antonio regarding the victim’s pickup truck.
According to the affidavit, San Antonio authorities arrested a man, later identified as Thompson, who had a physical altercation with a woman. According to the report, Thompson allegedly told the woman he stole the white truck and that she “better not tell anyone.” However, Thompson assaulted the woman who later called police.
Thompson is being held in the Hays County Jail on $66,000 bond.
