Police arrested a St. Johns County woman for her participation in an armed stickup in a quiet neighborhood off of CR 210 in October, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say Morgan Wood, 18, was collared for playing a role in an armed robbery inside the gated St. Johns Forest community.
Two men, Kristian Lowery and Ashton Molder, were previously arrested and accused of robbing a victim at gunpoint and stealing his handgun.
According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, the victim had been invited Wood’s home to socialize with friends.
After spending several hours there, he went outside, where Lowery and Molder were standing near Wood’s vehicle. The men allegedly asked the victim to take photos of them.
During that interaction, deputies say one suspect loaded a Ruger handgun and pointed it at the victim’s face, while the other removed the victim’s pistol from his pocket, chambered a round, and aimed it directly at him.
Detectives say Wood was present before and during the robbery and then drove both suspects away from the scene immediately after.
Deputies later recovered a photograph taken that night showing the suspects posing with their firearms inside Wood’s vehicle.
She was visible in the driver’s seat, with her home in the background.
The victim later identified both suspects in lineups and said that one of them demanded money in exchange for the return of his firearm.
Lowery and Molder were arrested earlier in the investigation. When detectives later contacted Wood at her home, she requested an attorney. Her phone was seized as part of the investigation.
Search warrants revealed messages indicating Wood may have warned one suspect about police activity at the victim’s residence, discussed avoiding contact with law enforcement, and deleted online content before investigators could access it.
She now faces a trio of felony charges — robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault and concealing evidence.
