Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Robbery Unit Detectives are conducting an investigation into the robbery of a clerk at Boost Mobile, located at 4003 Rosehaven Drive in the Eastway Division. The incident was reported by the victim at 10:44 a.m., on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Eastway Division officers responded to a call for service placed by the victim of a robbery who stated that a young boy stabbed her in the neck as she was showing him cell phones. The victim was alone inside the store with the suspect at the time of the robbery. Based on information that the victim was able to provide on the scene, the suspect inquired about some cell phones and as she began to display them to him, he stabbed her behind her right ear.
As the victim backed away from the counter, the suspect jumped the counter and continued to threaten her with the knife. The suspect then fled the store with two stolen cell phones. The victim called 911 to report the incident as she ran to the front of the store to alert a passerby that she had been assaulted and robbed. The passerby then gave chase after the suspect as he ran towards the Advenir Apartments, located nearby along Central Avenue. Eastway Division officers responded to Boost Mobile as well as to Advenir Apartments to search for the suspect. Once on scene, Officers were directed to an apartment inside the complex and took the suspect into custody at 11:09 a.m.
The victim was transported to Carolinas Medical Center with serious injuries. As the suspect is a twelve year old juvenile, his information is being withheld.
Robbery Unit Detectives will sign a petition for a Secure Custody Order to be taken out on him. Once the Order is signed, the suspect will be transported to a juvenile detention facility, where he will face charges of Armed Robbery and ADW-IKISI. The two stolen cell phones were recovered inside the apartment into which the boy had fled.
Crime Scene Search responded to the scene collect physical evidence. The Helicopter Unit and the K-9 Unit responded to the scene as well to assist in the search for the suspect.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
