Zachary Taylor Cortez and Luke John Mizenko have been charged in connection with Monday’s armed robbery of a convenience store in Great Falls.The robbery happened at about 3:30 p.m. at the Sinclair store at 620 57th Street South. Nobody was injured.Court documents state that a man – later identified as Mizenko – pointed a gun at the cashier, demanded money, and then got into a green Jeep Liberty that was driven by Cortez.The two drove away, and a witness provided responding police officers with a description of the Jeep and the license plate number.Officers looked up the license plate and saw that the Jeep was registered to Cortez. Police went to Cortez’s house in a neighborhood along Central Avenue and 33rd Street.Court documents state that Mizenko came to the front door with a gun pointed at his chest, and he claimed to be innocent. He then held police at bay for 18 minutes before surrendering.After obtaining a search warrant, Cortez was also taken into custody.According to the charging documents, Cortez was on conditional release for a conviction of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and earlier in the day had reported to his Probation & Parole Officer and tested positive for meth. Police also found a "large sum of money" under his bed.Mizenko reportedly admitted to the robbery, and that he used a gun; he also said that Cortez had driven the Jeep and provided him with the gun.Mizenko, 22 years old, has been charged with robbery and assault with a weapon, both felonies, and misdemeanor obstructing a peace officer. Prosecutors requested that bond for Mizenko be set at $25,000.Cortez, 20 years old, has been charged with robbery (conspiracy) and assault with a weapon (conspiracy), both felonies. There is no reference to a bond amount in the court documents for Cortez. Suspects in Great Falls armed robbery apprehended div[data-mml-type=”relatedcategory”]{border: thin solid #e7e7e7;} .categories-right-icon{display: none;} .stories-area > hr{margin: 0px;} .stories-area > iframe {border: white;} div[data-mml-type]{ overflow: hidden; } div[data-mml-status=”draft”] {display: none !important;} div.fb-post span, div.fb-post span iframe{max-width: 100%;} div[data-mml-type=”twitter”].left, div[data-mml-type=”instagram”].left, div[data-mml-type=”facebook”].left{ float: left; position: relative; overflow:hidden; max-width:100%;}div[data-mml-type=”twitter”].right,div[data-mml-type=”instagram”].right,div[data-mml-type=”facebook”].right{ float: right; position: relative; overflow:hidden; max-width:100%;}div[data-mml-type=”twitter”].center,div[data-mml-type=”instagram”].center,div[data-mml-type=”facebook”].center{ width: 100% !important; overflow:hidden; text-align: center;}div[data-mml-type=”twitter”].center iframe,div[data-mml-type=”twitter”].center twitterwidget,div[data-mml-type=”instagram”].center iframe,div[data-mml-type=”facebook”].center iframe{ margin: auto !important;}div[data-mml-type=”facebook”].center > span{ margin: auto !important; display: block !important;} .mml-display-none{display: none !important;} div[data-mml-type=”gmaps”], div[data-mml-type=”youtube”] {position:relative; width:100%; padding-bottom:56.25%;} div[data-mml-type=”gmaps”] iframe, div[data-mml-type=”youtube”] iframe {position:absolute; left:0; top:0;} div[data-embed-type=”clip”],div[data-mml-type=”clip”]{position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.25%;width: 100%;box-sizing: border-box;} div[data-embed-type=”clip”] iframe { position: absolute;}div[data-embed-type=”social”] {position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.25%;width: 100%;box-sizing: border-box;} div[data-embed-type=”social”] iframe,div[data-mml-type=”clip”] iframe { position: absolute;}.frankly-img{max-width:100%;}.mce-item-table{word-break: break-all;}
