The bail of a third person charged with aiding in the murder of a North St. Paul man was set to $10 million on Friday.
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office requested a high bail because Octavion Jones, 19 had nine warrants for other cases at the time he was arrested.
Anthony R. Rojas was found dead in an apartment located in the 2100 Block of North McKnight Road, on Monday evening. Officers found two empty and open gun safes, as well as a 3D Printer in the apartment. According to the criminal complaint in the homicide, it appeared that Rojas used the printer to make lower receivers for handguns.
Octavion Jones (Courtesy the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office).
The complaints stated that a confidential informant had told law enforcement about a person called “23” or “Octavion”, who “were supposed to rob him of the ghost weapons, but shot him instead.” Ghost guns, which are made privately and have no serial numbers, cannot be traced.
A 911 call was made Monday morning, less than ten minutes after the officers arrived at the scene of the murder. The 911 caller reported that a male juvenile with a handgun in his pocket had dropped two bags containing handguns, less than a half mile from the apartment. The bags contained 15 handguns.
The complaints also stated that investigators discovered Rojas had posted a picture on social media 12 hour earlier, which showed him lying in bed with thousands of dollars cash at his apartment. The money was not found by law enforcement.
The complaint against Jones stated that Jones’ cell location “pinged at Rojas residence” until shortly after the murder. After the shooting, Jones closed down his social media account.
La Vida Rose Martinez (also known as Lavida) and Steven Lawrence Terry are both 19 years old and have been charged with aiding in the murder. Bail was set at $200,000 for each.