Final Suspect In Violent Moses Lake Kidnapping Arrested

The final suspect connected to a violent kidnapping in Moses Lake earlier this week is now in police custody.

The Moses Lake Police Department says 36-year-old Ruben Sabedra was arrested Thursday after staging a brief standoff with officers, who used tear gas to flush him from an apartment complex in the 200 block of East Ninth Avenue.

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Sabedra had been wanted for allegedly committing first-degree rape and was booked into the Grant County Jail.

His arrest follows the apprehension of two additional suspects, 36-year-old Champagne Garza and 30-year-old Becky Avalos - both of Moses Lake, who allegedly took part in the robbery and assault of a woman whom they also reportedly held hostage inside her own home in the 4900 block of Road L.9 Northeast for several hours early Wednesday morning.

A fourth suspect in the case, 38-year-old Horsley T. Sohappy, was killed when he crashed a vehicle into a utility pole during a police pursuit on Lakeshore Drive.

Both Garza and Avalos are still being held at the Grant County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery and unlawful imprisonment.

Investigators say the victim was acquainted with all of the alleged assailants, and there is no danger to the general public.