BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo police say two teens are in custody following an armed robbery that occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday on the 100 block of Mills Street.
7 News obtained video of the robbery and in the video, a vehicle stops and an individual gets out and allegedly aims what appears to be a gun at a woman walking on Mills Street with a child. Police said the individual stole the woman's purse and cell phone.
According to police, at least two individuals were in the vehicle which was reported stolen Monday night in the City of Buffalo.
Following a pursuit, police say they arrested a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old near Crossman Avenue and recovered the stolen vehicle on Domedion Avenue.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced the 17-year-old boy was arraigned Wednesday morning before Family Court Judge Sharon LoVallo, acting as a Youth Part judge, on one count of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree attempted robbery, one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and one count of third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle.
The district attorney's office said shortly after the incident on Mills Street while with another unidentified individual attempted to rob a second person by pointing what appeared to be a gun at the victim at a bus stop on Genesee Street and Roslyn Street but fled without the victim's property.
Prosecutors requested the 17-year-old be remanded to the custody of the Erie County Youth Services Center. Judge LoVallo lowered previously set bail to $10,000 cash, bail bond or surety bond. He is scheduled to return on August 29 for a felony hearing and six-day review before Youth Part Judge Brenda Freedman.
