Brown was charged with home invasion, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person over age 60, kidnapping, witness intimidation, armed assault in a dwelling, armed burglary, breaking and entering in a building at night, larceny of a motor vehicle, and larceny over $1,200.
Stuart Andrew Westwood, 38, of no fixed abode, entered the supermarket on Millbrook Road West and began filling a carrier bag with products on 21 January. He immediately became aggressive as staff approached and challenged him, and took several needles from his pocket and began threatening the shop workers.
"They stole televisions, drinks, and food that were stored in the restaurant's stockroom. It was ginormous," Paniagua said in an interview at the restaurant with its bright orange roof and vivid murals.
Kwame Walker, 25, pleaded no contest to second degree robbery and was sentenced on Jan. 6, court records show. He was transferred to state prison a month later, and was given 115 days worth of credit for time spent in jail, court records show. Walker is a local rapper who uses the stage name Kwame Kayda and is also the CEO of an entertainment company known as Cold Hearted Entertainment, according to authorities.
Officers with Lafayette police made the arrest about 1:20 p.m. after police had been alerted to the robbery in Alamo, according to a statement from Contra Costa Sheriff's Office spokesperson Jimmy Lee. The sheriff's office has jurisdiction over Alamo and contracts out with Lafayette police. The two men - a 23-year-old Antioch man and 20-year-old man without a residence listed - remained in custody on Thursday in lieu of $200,000 and $150,000 bail, respectively, according to jail records. Lee said officers arrested each man on suspicion of two counts of robbery, attempted robbery and conspiracy.
A jailed drill rapper who escaped from custody twice within a week has apparently posted a video online taunting the police. Daniel Boakye, 21, fled from Lewisham Hospital in south-east London on Sunday afternoon after being taken there for medical treatment. Five days earlier, on 10 February, he had also escaped from prison guards at West Middlesex University Hospital before being recaptured by Met Police officers the following day.
The suspect - who wore a black mask and bright-red puffer coat - approached the 25-year-old victim on board a northbound N train approaching 86th Street in Gravesend around 2:20 a.m. Saturday and demanded his wallet and some money, police said. When the victim did not comply, the perp slashed him multiple times in the head, face, back and knee, authorities said.