Boles Acre man arrested for alleged robbery of Allied Cash Advance, his former employer
Alamogordo Daily News
By Duane Barbati/Staff Writer
Posted: 08/28/2012 11:15:18 PM MDT
Alamogordo Department of Public Safety detectives, with the assistance of the Otero County Sheriff's Office, arrested a 44-year-old Boles Acres man on Aug. 22 for allegedly robbing the Allied Cash Advance store, an ADPS spokesman said.
The robbery of the Allied Cash Advance, 1101 10th St., occurred around 5:44 p.m. Aug. 13.
Detective Sgt. Mark Esquero said
Charles J. Kraynak is charged with one count of second-degree felony armed robbery, one count of third-degree felony assault with intent to commit a violent felony, two counts of third-degree aggravated assault upon a peace officer and third-degree child abuse.
Kraynak is jailed at the Otero County Detention Center on a $100,000 no-10 percent bond.
Esquero said ADPS detectives and OCSO deputies contacted Kraynak at his residence, 38 Second St., No. 2, in Boles Acres on Aug. 14 in the late afternoon hours.
"From the time of the robbery and the following day (Aug. 14), we were receiving information on a possible suspect which led us to Kraynak," he said. "When we learned Kraynak lived in Boles Acres, we contacted the sheriff's office. We had two deputies go with us, along with two of our detectives, to make contact with Kraynak."
Esquero said the two deputies went to the rear of the Boles Acres residence while detectives went to the front entrance of the home.
"In front of Kraynak's residence there's a chain-link fence," he said. "There were a couple of aggressive dogs inside the fence area so they did not enter the front yard area due to the dogs. There was an 8-year-old female child in the yard. The two detectives asked the child if she could go get her dad, Charles. She went to the front door and called to her dad that two businessmen wanted to talk to him."
Esquero said the detectives saw Kraynak peek out the door then go back inside the residence and come back outside again.
"He (Kraynak) met them at the front gate," he said. "The two detectives identified themselves as ADPS detectives, but they were not wearing their suit jackets which allowed their detective badges to be visible along with their gun, handcuffs and other accessories. They asked if Kraynak would speak with them. At the same time the dogs were acting aggressively and distracting the conversation so detective Ernest Granados asked Kraynak to step out, away from the gate and dogs."
Esquero said the detective told Kraynak that they needed to talked to Kraynak about a robbery in Alamogordo.
"At that point, Kraynak began to backpeddle away from the detectives," he said. "At the same time Kraynak was backpeddling, Kraynak was reaching with his right hand to the small of his back area. They saw his right arm jerking as if trying to pull something out. At that point the detectives drew their firearms and instructed Kraynak to stop and show them his hands. Kraynak refused and detectives sought cover in the immediate area while giving Kraynak commands. In the meantime the 8-year-old child was in the line of fire but not intentionally getting in between the detectives and her father."
Esquero said the child had dropped to her knees and began to cry.
"While the child was backpeddling, Kraynak was yelling 'no, no, not in front of my daughter,'" he said. "Once he reached the front door of the residence, detectives could see Kraynak had removed a black handgun and placed it inside the residence then stepped back out. Detectives were able to calm Kraynak. We did not arrest Kraynak at that point but did ask Kraynak to speak to us at ADPS. He voluntarily came down to the police department and gave us a statement in reference to the robbery."
Esquero said at the same time detectives executed a search warrant on Kraynak's residence.
"We did recover a 9-mm Hi-Point black-handled handgun which matched the description by the victim of the Allied Cash robbery," he said. "We did recover another .22-caliber black and brown-handled Puma handgun. We also found clothing that matched the description of the clothing used during the robbery."
Esquero said detectives didn't arrest Kraynak at that point.
He said detectives learned Kraynak was fired from Allied Cash at the end of June for embezzlement of more than $2,500.
He said Kraynak had set up a meeting with a representative of Allied Cash to agree on a settlement for an amount of about $2,100. Kraynak was to pay them back two to three days prior to the robbery on Aug. 13.
"When we talked to representatives of Allied Cash, we are going to open another investigation against Kraynak in reference for embezzlement over $4,000 and $5,000," Esquero said. "We're continuing the investigation surrounding the embezzlement incidents."
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