CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Courtney Ortiz, Benjamin Brown, Josue Quinnones, Kyle C. Coley Adams mugshots. (PHOTO LCSO)

LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A fourth suspect is now in custody after being wanted for 26 days in connection to the beating and robbery of an Avon man on Lacey Road in Caledonia.

According to jail records, Benjamin Brown, 23, was charged with Assault in the Second Degree and taken into the Livingston County Jail on Monday, Aug. 24 in lieu of $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond.

On July 30, the victim, 25, was approached by a car occupied by four people. One of the people in the car knew the victim and offered him a ride. Once the victim got in the car, he was driven to Lacey Road in the Town of Caledonia where he was made to exit the car. The victim was then assaulted, robbed of his cash and cell phone, and left on the side of the road. The victim was able to get back to Avon and contact the police.

According to a press release from Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Brown was located and apprehended with the help of the U.S. Marshal’s Office in Rochester.

Courtney Ortiz, 20, of Caledonia, along with Josue Quinones, 24, and Kyle Coley Adams, 23, both from Rochester, were charged with of Robbery in the Second Degree, a class C felony, and Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony. Ortiz, Quinones, and Adams were arraigned in Caledonia Court and remanded to the Livingston County Jail in lieu of bail.

News partner 13WHAM confirmed that Ortiz was a close friend of the victim.