Two arrested after robbery, kidnapping

Two Spokane men were arrested Friday afternoon near Libby, Mont., on suspicion of kidnapping and robbing three victims in Libby.

The Lincoln County, Mont., Sheriff’s Office identified the suspects as Christopher Clark Percy, 22, and Robert Anthony Cook, 20. Both were booked on two counts of robbery and three counts of aggravated kidnapping.

Shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, the sheriff’s department responded to a report that the two men had held a 43-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman captive and threatened them with a shotgun while robbing them.

The two were reportedly bound and gagged. The men fled with the items they stole, forcing a 19-year-old man to drive, Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl Anderson said.

Officers stopped the westbound car about 30 miles from Libby on U.S. Highway 2 near the Idaho border, Detective Shane Hight said.