A Western student was robbed near Downing University Center at about 1:30 Wednesday morning.

Oak Grove freshman Isadora Rivera parked her car in the Creason lot and was walking to Minton Hall when three men and a juvenile followed her, said Maj. Mike Wallace, field operations commander for campus police. When she was near DUC and Minton, one of the men grabbed her cell phone, camera, iPod and car keys.

The two men and the juvenile did not use weapons during the robbery, Wallace said. The men and juvenile aren’t Western students, he said.

After the robbery, she ran inside Minton and called campus police. The suspects fled, but they were arrested near Keen and Poland halls. They were lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail.

Wallace said Joshua D. Embry was charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree criminal trespassing, terroristic threatening and alcohol intoxication in a public place. Ryan L. Embry and the juvenile were charged with second-degree robbery and third-degree criminal trespassing.

Both Joshua and Ryan Embry were being held on $10,000 cash bonds, and they were still at the jail Wednesday night. Information about the juvenile was not able to be obtained because the name was not released.

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