From left are Alexis Danielle Griffin, Clayton Bradley Zimmerman and Justin Levin Thornton, all of whom are charged in the robbery of Jose Manuel Jimenez early Sunday morning.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Two men and a woman charged last week in connection with the beating and robbery of a Moultrie man face additional felony charges.

Police on May 8 arrested Justin Levin Thornton, 28, and Alexis Danielle Griffin, 26, both of 5278A U.S. Hwy. 319 N., Norman Park, and the following day arrested Clayton Bradley Zimmerman, 37, 1711 Seventh St. S.E.

At the time the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office charged the three with armed robbery. A fourth suspect, Joseph Keith “Jody” Fender, 35, also is being sought in the case.

Jose Manuel Jimenez, of the 2200 block of Highway 133 North, showed up at about 6:12 a.m. at the sheriff’s office to report that he had been assaulted.

He told police that he arrived at Thornton and Griffin’s residence, which police described as being in Crosland, at some time around 3 a.m., police said. Jimenez reportedly knew Griffin, but not the other three.

“They lured the victim there,” sheriff’s Sgt. Timmy Barnes said.

Griffin came to the passenger-side window of Jimenez’s Ford 250 pickup truck, he said, and the three men pulled him out of it while he was distracted.

After he was out of the truck and on the ground, Jimenez told police, the men beat and kicked him. He was then robbed of the money in his pockets before they bound him and searched his truck for additional loot.

The additional charges include criminal gang activity, kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm or knife while trying to commit crimes and conspiracy to commit a crime — all felonies. Zimmerman and Griffin also are charged with conspiracy to commit a crime.

Georgia law defines a “criminal street gang” as an organization or group of three or more people who engage in certain crimes to include  violence, possession or use of a weapon while engaged in criminal activity.

Jimenez’s period of being bound and held while his money was taken was not long, Barnes said. His assailants got away with less than $200.

“He was tied up for a short period, put back in the truck and told to leave,” he said.