Police Arrest Third Suspect in Park Beating, Robbery

LONGVIEW — Longview police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the May robbery of a couple in a local park. Marqunis O’Neal Howard, 20, of Longview, was among three people who police say beat, pistol-whipped, and robbed a man and woman who were at Willow Park on May 5. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report that Howard was arrested Tuesday in the 300 block of West Cotton Street. He remained jailed at last report on $75,000 bond, charged with aggravated robbery. Also arrested in the case were 17-year-old Eunice Zavalla and 18-year-old Erica Pena, both charged with aggravated robbery. They have been released from jail on $50,000 bond.

According to court documents, Michael and Karen Gonzalez were sitting outside their car at Willow Park in the 300 block of East Birdsong Street when two women got out of a Chevy Impala and attacked Karen Gonzalez. When Michael Gonzalez tried to separate the women, a man at the park attacked him and hit him several times, reports show.