Rule #1 for Craigslist shoppers and sellers: Never show up unarmed, or worse, unaware - especially when you’re selling expensive merchandise.
Apparently Craigslist salesmen Causey and Derrick Pomare didn’t get the memo.
The two were robbed of an expensive motorcycle at gunpoint after negotiating the terms of sale on Craigslist.org. Police said the deal didn't include the AK-47 assault rifles.
The Pomare brothers were told to come to an unspecified location to drop off the motorcycle and receive the cash for their 2003 Kawasaki motorcycle. But when the potential buyers showed up they did with guns drawn.
It didn’t take much to force the brothers to the ground after three rounds were fired. Within seconds, one of the suspects was taking off eastbound on the motorcycle, while the others jetted off on foot.
By the next day, the accused motorcycle-jackers were found, the weapons obtained, and the three youngsters - 19-year-olds Brandon Brown and Ryan Herring and 16-year-old Eduardo Camacho - were arrested and charged with armed carjacking.
As for the Pomares, it’s safe to say that Causey and Derrick learned a very valuable lesson from this experience - hold a yard sale.
