Police made a dramatic arrest this afternoon when they responded instantly to an armed robbery in progress.
This afternoon around 1:50 Gladwin PENNER and Wayne HUMES both Mennonite delivery men were robbed at the Farm Center on North Front Street.
A pair of gunmen stole a 9 mm firearm Ruger brand pistol with seventeen rounds of 9 ammunition. The GSU responded immediately to the robbery in progress and cordoned off the area. They launched a search for the ssuspects which took them to the residence of Danika YOUNG in Conch Shell Bay.
A search of a chest of drawers turned up a weapon bearing all appearances of the one that had been stolen minutes earlier: a Ruger brand 9mm pistol with seventeen live rounds.
Three persons were inside, 20 year old Mervin McDonald, 19 year old Andrew TALBERT and 19 year old Alliea AUGUSTUS along 19 year old Danika YOUNG who arrived later were detained pending charges of kept firearm without a gun license. Police say Talbert and Macdonald are quote "notorious members of the George street Gang."
The GSU also found Humes' and Penners' wallets in the pickup that was used during the robbery. Two men were found inside the vehicle; they are 21 year old Rodney ROWLAND and a 17 year old minor.
All persons are detained pending robbery and one person is still at large.
