February 7, 2026
Skylar LaPaille
By KAREN VELIE
The 2 San Luis Obispo County youngsters who allegedly dedicated a violent home invasion final Saturday were a part of a plot to steal $66 million in cryptocurrency from a pair in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Posing as supply service employees, 17-year-old Jackson Sullivan of San Luis Obispo and 16-year-old Skylar LaPaille of Morro Bay knocked on a door after which compelled their approach right into a Scottsdale home on Jan. 31. As soon as inside, the teenagers restrained the couple with duct tape whereas their grownup son hid and known as 9-1-1.
Officers arrived to seek out the lady screaming and a teen assaulting the person. The teenager was making an attempt to pressure the person to surrender the cryptocurrency.
The kids then fled by way of the backdoor and drove away. Officers arrested the teenagers a short while afterwards.
Jackson Sullivan
LaPaille advised detectives he had met Sullivan a month earlier.
Investigators imagine the youngsters were extorted by people recognized solely as “Purple” and “8” they met on the Sign app. “Purple” and “8” allegedly despatched the teenagers $1,000 to buy provides for disguises and restraining gadgets.
Officers arrested the teenagers, who they plan to cost as adults, for kidnapping, housebreaking, legal impersonation, disorderly conduct, felony flight and three counts of aggravated assault.
As well as, officers report the teenagers were in possession of a 3D-printed gun, although it contained no ammunition and should not operate.
Officers booked each teenagers into Durango Juvenile Detention Facility in Maricopa County. They’ve since each been launched on $50,000 bonds with ankle displays.
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