Delgado Rolle outside court. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff
By FARRAH JOHNSON
fjohnson@tribunemedia.net
TWO teenagers appeared in court yesterday to be charged with armed robbery yesterday.
Delgado Rolle, 18, and a 16-year-old boy appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with one count of armed robbery after they were accused of stealing a $100 Alcatel cell phone and a wallet containing $1,525 of cash from Jerome Young on June 5.
The boys appeared in court days after another man, 24-year-old Antonio Murray, was arraigned for the same crime last week.
According to initial police reports, shortly after 9pm on the night in question, a male in the area of Anderson Street was accosted by six masked men. Police said one of the men was armed with a cutlass while another was armed with what appeared to be a handgun. The male was robbed of a sum of cash and other personal items.
During the hearing, the teens were not required to enter a plea and the matter was adjourned to October 14 for service of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
Bail was denied and Rolle was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, while the 16-year-old was sent to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys until trial.
Both defendants have a right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
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