LEBANON — The man who allegedly drove the get-away car after a woman who answered a call for a prostitute robbed the would-be “john” at gunpoint back in March has been arrested.

Gene Dares, 35, was taken into custody Thursday morning on the Maine Turnpike in Saco. A task force made up of Maine State Police, the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Dares at gunpoint and took him into custody, charging the man with robbery.

Maine State Police Sgt. Robert Burke said the victim was robbed of $130 by Heather Lewis, 26.

The robbery took place after the victim, who lives in Lebanon, surfed the Internet for a prostitute. He invited Lewis, who was allegedly accompanied by another woman, Bobbi Jean Bouthot, 23, into his residence.

According to McCausland, Lewis allegedly produced a gun, robbed the man of $130 and then got into a car driven by Dares and sped away.

Both Lewis and Bouthot have previously been arrested on warrants resulting from the March 20 incident, said McCausland.

Burke said Dares has a lengthy and violent criminal history. He is known to possess guns, according to McCausland, and the task force had been looking for him, as he was believed staying in the Biddeford area.

Acting on a tip that Dares was likely a passenger in a red Chevrolet Blazer that was traveling north on the Maine Turnpike, troopers, drug agents and marshals using marked and unmarked cruisers stopped the SUV in Saco Thursday morning.

Dares was taken into custody at gunpoint without incident, said Burke. Two other people in the vehicle were not charged.

Dares was transported to York County Jail where he is held on $50,000 bail, pending arraignment.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or [email protected].