Four people made their first court appearance Thursday after an elderly man was allegedly tied up in his own home in rural Andrew County and robbed at gunpoint earlier this week.

Tiffany Cruz, 35, Bradley Henley, 28, Jason Laughlin, 36 all of St. Joseph and Eileen Schussler, 20 of Wathena are all charged with more than half a dozen felonies in Andrew County including felonies for first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, first-degree burglary, felonious restraint and unlawful use of a weapon.

Online court documents said all four appeared in person Thursday morning in front of Judge Michael Ordnung in Andrew County for an arraignment. A case review for each has been scheduled for May 24. All remain behind bars in the Andrew County Jail without bond.

A fifth suspect has also been charge but as of Thursday morning the Andrew County Sheriff’s Department said he was not yet in custody. The sheriff’s department is currently withholding his name as officers are trying to find his whereabouts to make an arrest.

According to court documents, shortly after noon the Andrew County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home near Amazonia. Investigator Grant Gillett with the department said a 911 call advised that a resident had just been robbed at gun point and was tied up.

“He advised that two females first came to his house and requested to use his phone, they advised him that their vehicle broke down while mushroom hunting,” Gillet said. “Once they got the phone they advised Robert they could not get a cell phone signal and told him they were going to the road to get cell service.”

Then Gillett said the resident reportedly heard a knock on his back door and went to check to see if the women had brought his phone back.

“Once he made it to the door three males pushed their way into his house. Robert advised all were wearing dark colored clothing with what he described as mask over their faces,” Gillett said. “Robert advised they all had firearms and once inside they pushed him to the ground and then tied him up with rope from inside the house. Robert stated one of the males stood over him with a gun while the other two males stole stuff from his residence.”

Items reported stolen included prescription medication, tools, and firearms.