Charges: Trio lured man to $23K camper sale, violently robbed him in Meeker County

Three people have been charged after a man was robbed, hit by a car and stabbed during a supposed camper sale in Meeker County.

Authorities say a 50-year-old man was lured to the sale on June 28, with two men and a woman proceeding to rob him, stab him, hit him with a car, and then leave him by the road.

The charges are:

• Tre Anthony Ertl, 26, of Litchfield: 1st- and 2nd-degree attempted murder, 1st-degree robbery and 1st-degree assault
• Aryianna Taree Pillatzki, 20, of Pennock: aiding and abetting 1st-degree robbery and 2nd-degree assault
• David Lawrence Pillatzki, 48, of Arco: aiding and abetting 1st- and 2nd-degree homicide, aiding and abetting 1st-degree robbery and aiding and abetting 1st-degree assault

According to the criminal complaints, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a man on the road near 600th Avenue in Litchfield Township just after 5 p.m. At the scene, deputies found the victim suffering from a stab wound in his lower back. He told deputies that he had been robbed and assaulted around half a mile away from where he was found.

The victim was hospitalized and later found to also have a broken jaw, broken rib and punctured lung. He told officials that he had gone with three people to look at a camper that was for sale and had brought $23,000 with him for the purchase.

After inspecting the camper, the three suspects gave the victim methamphetamine. When the victim attempted to flee on foot, the three pursued him in the car with Aryianna Pillatzki driving. They eventually hit him with the vehicle before Ertl proceeded to stab him while David Pillatzki attempted to hold him down, according to the criminal complaint.

The car, which was registered to Pillatzki, was later found on the road with a smashed windshield. The three suspects were identified by law enforcement and by the victim during a lineup.