CENTRAL — Central police have arrested four Oconee County teenagers on multiple charges — including armed robbery and kidnapping — in connection with a burglary that occurred at The Reserve Apartments last August.
Andrew Steven Pope, Jr., 17, of Lindros Drive, Seneca; Israel Thomas Williams, 19, of Glennhaven Drive, Seneca; Ronald Vincent Rogers, 18, of Poplar Ridge Drive, Westminster; and Bradley William Powell, 19, of Long Bar Drive, West Union, were charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, kidnapping, burglary, first degree, and simple larceny.
Pope surrendered to police Wednesday afternoon and Rogers was extradited from a Charlotte jail, where he was incarcerated on another warrant, earlier this week. Williams was arrested last week while Powell was arrested the day following the Aug. 15 incident.
The four are out on a $25,000 surety bond each and home incarceration, which consists of the wearing of an electronic ankle device. Central Police Chief Kerry Avery said the first-degree burglary charge alone is a Class A felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
According to an incident report from the Central Police Department, the victim told police he answered a knock on his Sumter Court apartment door where a white male, identified as Powell, inquired as to the whereabouts of the victim’s roommate. After informing Powell that the roommate was not present, the victim told police that two black males wearing masks forced their way inside and held guns to his neck and tackled him to the floor.
The victim said the suspects ransacked the entire apartment, seeking weed and calling out the middle names of Williams and Rogers. The incident report also states that the victim’s cell phone and hat were stolen during the crime.
Avery said Central police received assistance from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in the arrest of Williams and from Mecklinburg Metro authorities in the arrest of Rogers.
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