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UPDATE: 3 Men Arrested In Connection With Charleston Robbery

Updated: Mon 11:21 PM, Mar 04, 2013

UPDATE 3/4/13 @ 11:20 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The three men arrested in the robbery of a man at gunpoint Monday morning on Donnally Street have been identified.

Charleston Police arrested Markeice Johnson, Joseph Queen and Deandre Schupert. They all were arraigned Monday evening in Kanawha County Magistrate Court, each facing robbery charges.

Police say the victim and Johnson were talking on Donnally Street when he pulled a gun and robbed him -- all as Queen and Schupert acted as lookouts.

Officers say the three men stole $6 cash, a cell phone, marijuana and measuring scales.

Police say the gun used in the robbery recently was stolen from a Weirton (W.Va.) police vehicle.



UPDATE 3/4/13 @ 6:34 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Charleston Police arrested three men in connection to an armed robbery which happened in downtown Charleston, West Virginia.

The men were arrested and arraigned in Kanawha County magistrate court Monday night.

Police say a man was on his way to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, on Donnally Street, when three masked men robbed him at gunpoint.

No one was injured.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.



ORIGINAL STORY 3/4/13 @ 11:51 a.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A morning walk took a scary turn for a man in downtown Charleston.

Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com that a man was headed to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Donnally Street Monday morning. That's when three men wearing masks walked up and robbed him at gunpoint.

No one was hurt, according to dispatchers.

So far no arrests have been made.

If you have any information, you are urged to call the Charleston Police Department.


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