armed robbery

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard Javon Beard has been jailed for up to 18 years after being convicted for armed robbery. According to the Sun Online, the 40-year-old bouncer is a year into his minimum six-year jail term, after being sentenced for robbery with “deadly weapon enhancement.” Beard gained a bit of notoriety after he and Bill Whitfield co-authored […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police Sgt. Kelvin Ansari had just arrived for his evening shift when he greeted Lt. Gregory Mitchell with a joke and laugh. A few hours later, the lieutenant was driving his co-worker’s wife to the hospital after Ansari got shot while responding to an armed robbery call. Ansari, 50, didn’t survive. […]

A community is reeling after a 10-year-old boy was chased down by police who thought he was a 20-year-old suspect in a nearby armed robbery.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say a restaurant worker’s husband chopped a suspected armed robber with a cleaver to get him out of the shop. The Virginian-Pilot reports police records say 19-year-old Jabrie Brown entered Crazy Wings with a gun Sunday and demanded money from a cashier and a customer. Records say the […]

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area robbery was foiled when the owner of a business realized the would-be robber was using a water pistol. KMOV-TV reports that Amanuel Perkins is charged with first-degree attempted robbery. He is jailed on $25,000 bond and does not yet have an attorney. Police say the crime happened last […]

DETROIT (AP) — When they pull up to a gas station these days, Detroit drivers are looking beyond the price per gallon at a far more threatening concern: carjackers. The armed auto thieves have become so common here that parts of the bankrupt metropolis are referred to as “Carjack City,” and many motorists fear getting […]

Two of three Saginaw triplet brothers are likely headed to prison after they were convicted of several felony charges, Michigan Live reports. Deshawn Shivers and Juronn Shivers, both 21, were convicted of unarmed robbery and conspiring to commit that crime on Monday in a Saginaw, Mich court. Deshawn and Juronn were originally charged with armed […]