Man charged in armed robbery
An Arcadia man was arrested by Grambling Police last week in connection with his alleged involvement in a kidnapping and armed robbery.
Demetrin Jenkins, 18, was spotted by a GPD officer on patrol on November 29 and arrested on warrants charging him with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and false imprisonment. The warrants pertained to an incident reported to GPD on November 22.
Grambling Police said a woman reported Jenkins picked her up to take her to a beauty salon appointment but instead robbed her and threatened to shoot her. She said Jenkins asked for money, took her cell phone, and sent himself several hundred dollars of the victim’s money over an app.
The victim never saw a gun, but he threatened to shoot her, and she feared for her life, she said, because she had seen social media posts showing Jenkins with a gun.
The woman said that after the incident, Jenkins took her back to her residence. Based on GPD’s investigation, the arrest warrants were obtained and officers had been searching for Jenkins.
Jenkins’s vehicle was searched at the time of his arrest, yielding a bag of about nine grams of suspected marijuana, a Percocet tablet and a Xanax tablet. Also seized were a Chime credit card and several cell phones believed to be evidence in the incident.
In addition to the three warrants, Jenkins was booked for possession of Percocet, possession of Xanax, and possession of marijuana. He is also being held for Arcadia Police which has three charges against him. His bail on the warrants and drug charges totals $161,000.
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