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Teens to face trial for Fairfield armed robbery, assault
FAIRFIELD — A pair of 16-year-old boys who face the possibility of long prison sentences were ordered Friday to stand trial on felony armed robbery and assault charges.
Karleon Watts was 15 when he joined his cousin, Abree Reynolds, also 15 at the time, in robbing a group of other teenagers walking near B. Gale Wilson Boulevard shortly before 1 a.m. one night in August 2011, according to testimony at the pair’s probable cause hearing.
The pair walked up to the group, Watts pulled a gun and they robbed the group of their wallets and cellphones, according to testimony. Watts and Reynolds laughed and ran from the teens after the robbery and, almost as an afterthought, Watts’ cousin fired one shot at the group, the robbery victims testified.
A 19-year-old in the group was struck in the back by a .38 caliber bullet.
Two days after the robbery and shooting, Watts and Reynolds were arrested after police found one of the stolen cellphones and a loaded five-shot snub-nosed .38 revolver in their car.
Defense attorneys for the pair said the robbery victims are lying about being able to recognize Watts and Reynolds as the culprits.
Watts and Reynolds are being prosecuted as adults. They are scheduled to be back in court March 20 to be arraigned.
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pornacMarch 09, 2013 - 7:59 am
If the kids that got robbed had guns too this would have never happened. Everyone needs to be carrying.
Reply |Rich GiddensMarch 09, 2013 - 8:32 am
Government was the accomplice in this crime. They were the ones who promoted welfare, single parenthood and illigetimacy with no fathers in the home. Why do you people think these horrific crimes by minors occur daily? People aren't born with a natural tendency to rob and maim. We are sick of the destruction of our nation and society by the ''good intentions'' of the traitors who gave us their nightmarish welfare society and its counterbalance--the police state.
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