Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Male victim claims thousands stolen in cash by women
ROSALIA — A Spokane man meeting a prostitute at a rest area had two women steal his wallet, flee, and fire a gun at him.
On July 5 at roughly 3:30 a.m. the Lewiston man called 9-1-1 to report a woman he met in Spokane stole his wallet while they were at the Horn School Rest Area near Rosalia and later fired a pistol at him, according to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office report.
Three deputies and a Washington State University police officer responded to investigate.
The woman allegedly told the victim she was a prostitute. They traveled in different cars to Lewiston, Idaho, for the woman to pick up a female friend. On the way back toward Spokane, they stopped at the rest area to use the bathroom to have sex.
The victim claims the woman reportedly gave him a syringe of drugs to take, but he faked using it because he didn’t know what it was supposed to be, according to the deputy’s report.
He went into the restroom and quickly undressed, but instead of sex she took his wallet, and ran.
He initially claimed there was $4,000 in cash in his wallet when he called 9-1-1 then later stated it was $2,700.
As the woman and her female friend left in a 2021 Nissan Versa, he followed them in his pickup.
She claimed he tried to run her off Cache Creek Road. He claims he pulled in front of the Nissan to stop the women and backed up to be side-by-side to talk.
He told the deputy he saw a gun and a laser “pointed inside his driver’s side window.” He laid his seat back, accidentally turned off the truck, restarted it, and left.
He turned around to go back and the Nissan was also trying to turn around, making the victim drive around them. He heard a shot fired. The victim told investigators he stopped to take a picture of the laser then left for the rest area and to call police.
Deputies found the women. Rienna Edgeman, 24, of Evans, Colo., and Stacy Nieri, 25, of Moscow, Idaho, were arrested and booked for robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree.
“Nieri admitted to driving the vehicle with Edgeman in the passenger seat. Edgeman admitted to discharging the firearm at (the victim) … Edgeman admitted to stealing (the victim’s) wallet,” wrote the deputy.
Officer found a 9 mm Smith and Wesson MP Shield pistol in the Nissan.
The report indicates $100 was retrieved from Edgeman and $213 from Nieri, who hid the cash in her bra. There was no mention of any other cash being retrieved.
Edgeman and Nieri were not charged in superior court by July 6, but are scheduled for arraignment on July 9.
Bill Stevenson is the former editor of the Whitman County Gazette, Colfax Daily Bulletin and Franklin Connection. He has nearly 30 years of journalism experience covering news in Eastern Washington.
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