The scary mugshot of a suspect accused in a robbery and kidnapping case is getting national attention.24-year-old Morgan Joyce Varn was arrested in South Carolina on April 24th. A SWAT team had to be called in after Varn and 23-year-old Jonathan Mikael Robinson allegedly entered a home and demanded money and a cell phone from one of the people inside. Police say the vicitim reported that Robinson was armed with a gunThe victim was able to escape and called 911 from a neighbor's home, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office. Officers arrived on scene and attempted to get Varn, Robinson and an unidentified adult female to come out and surrender. After several hours, Varn and the unidentified woman came out, leaving only Robinson left inside. Minutes later, the SWAT team entered the home and took Robinson into custody.“We had three people and a pistol inside that home and for hours did everything we could to get them to come out," Sheriff Barry Faile said. "When they didn’t, we had to go in and get them. Fortunately, no weapons were discharged and nobody was hurt. That is the outcome we always want.”Robinson is charged armed robbery, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a stolen pistol.Varn is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, and malicious injury to personal property. Varn signed a personal recognizance bond on the property damage charge, but bond was denied for Robinson and Varn on all the other charges.

The scary mugshot of a suspect accused in a robbery and kidnapping case is getting national attention.

24-year-old Morgan Joyce Varn was arrested in South Carolina on April 24th. A SWAT team had to be called in after Varn and 23-year-old Jonathan Mikael Robinson allegedly entered a home and demanded money and a cell phone from one of the people inside. Police say the vicitim reported that Robinson was armed with a gun


Lancaster County South Carolina Sheriff's Office Morgan Joyce Varn

The victim was able to escape and called 911 from a neighbor's home, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office. Officers arrived on scene and attempted to get Varn, Robinson and an unidentified adult female to come out and surrender.



After several hours, Varn and the unidentified woman came out, leaving only Robinson left inside. Minutes later, the SWAT team entered the home and took Robinson into custody.

“We had three people and a pistol inside that home and for hours did everything we could to get them to come out," Sheriff Barry Faile said. "When they didn’t, we had to go in and get them. Fortunately, no weapons were discharged and nobody was hurt. That is the outcome we always want.”



Lancaster County South Carolina Sheriff's Office Jonathan Mikael Robinson

Robinson is charged armed robbery, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a stolen pistol.



Varn is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, and malicious injury to personal property. Varn signed a personal recognizance bond on the property damage charge, but bond was denied for Robinson and Varn on all the other charges.