PONTIAC, Mich. (WWJ) -- Two men have been arrested and another is still at large after an alleged robbery during a Facebook Marketplace deal.
Officials with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office say a 24-year-old Rochester Hills man, accompanied by a 23-year-old woman and a one-year-old baby boy, went to a location in in the 100 block of N. Johnson in Pontiac -- north of Huron Street and east of Telegraph Road -- to purchase a car from someone that was selling it via Facebook Marketplace.
When the victims arrived to the location, they entered a vacant house, where they were met by three suspects, two of which were armed with a handgun and a long gun.
Police say they demanded the victim's property and made away with a tablet, a cell phone, a credit card and more than $1,700 cash before fleeing the scene.
Deputies were able to identify the man who had arranged to meet with the victims and determined that his residence was next door to the site of the alleged robbery.
After being granted consent to search the residence, deputies recovered a large amount of cash ($1,662), the tablet and the credit card.
Two of the suspects -- a 35-year-old man and a 17-year-old, both from Pontiac -- were taken into custody, while a third suspect is still at large, though authorities say he has been tentatively identified as a 17-year-old, also from Pontiac.
The detectives who responded to the scene continue to investigate the robbery.