Fifth person arrested in December robbery-slaying

Police have arrested a fifth person in connection with the home-invasion robbery and slaying of a Vancouver man.

Garold T. Jacobsen, 27, made his first appearance Thursday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder as an accomplice and three counts of first-degree robbery.

Judge John Nichols set bail at $1 million.

Jacobsen, who lives in the Vancouer area, is alleged to have been among a group of masked intruders who entered Charles N. Moore’s home on Dec. 13 in the 5300 block of Northeast St. James Road. Undisclosed items were taken and Moore, 46, was shot in the chest and killed.

Moore’s two roommates told police the assailants ransacked the home. Court records don’t reveal what was stolen or a motive for the killing.

It wasn’t clear from investigators if Moore even knew his assailants.

Douglas Marquis, 22, was arrested as the suspected shooter after allegedly bragging to people about the killing afterward. Several anonymous witnesses also pointed investigators to alleged accomplices Caleb Soucy, 28; Minna Long, 23; and Joshua McAlexander, 30.

Marquis, Soucy, Long and McAlexander will be arraigned today. Jacobsen will be arraigned May 13.

Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Vu on Thursday described the investigation as ongoing, with the possibility of even more arrests.