Sixth pedestrian assault suspect in court

A sixth teenage boy accused in separate assaults on two pedestrians last week made a first appearance Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court.

Brendon C. Gladstone, 17, of Vancouver, appeared on suspicion of two counts of first-degree robbery, one count each of first- and second-degree assault and two counts of criminal mischief. He was automatically remanded to Superior Court based on his age and the nature of the allegations.

Judge Gregory Gonzales appointed Gladstone an attorney and set his bail at $500,000.

He will be arraigned later this month.

Vancouver police detectives on Friday arrested five other Vancouver teens, identified in court records as: Malichi E. Thomas, 13, Dyami E. Cortez, 14; Tyree R. Robins, 14; Christopher L. Portis, 15; and Joshua Haruo, 15.

They all face allegations in juvenile court of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and second-degree assault. And all except Cortez also face two counts of criminal mischief, court records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit, the first assault was reported at about 10:40 p.m. Aug. 22 near Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Stapleton Road. Responding officers found Doyce Grahm, 44, suffering a fractured eye socket, lacerations on his head and a concussion that made him lose consciousness.

A short time later, police responded to a second assault near the entrance to the Thunderbird Village Apartments, 4601 E. 18th St., less than a mile away from the first attack, according to the Vancouver Police Department. The victim, James Johns, 44, suffered a fractured vertebra, acute injury to a kidney, respiratory failure and a concussion with loss of consciousness.

Both men had their cellphones stolen, according to court documents.