Teen Charged with Armed Robberies
WLBG on-line: Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Demanding money at gunpoint from two people in Laurens last Thursday was alleged with an arrest by Laurens City Police. The suspect was jailed with bonds totaling just short of a quarter-million dollars. 19-year-old Adrian Adonis Simpson Jr. of Beaverdam Church Road, Mountville is charged with two counts of Armed Robbery, two counts of Kidnapping and two more charges alleging Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime.
Warrants say a police investigation indicates that on July 18th Adrian Adonis Simpson Jr. pointed a firearm at two victims and demanded money from them, this in the area of 1st Street and 3rd Street. He allegedly took $100 from one victim, while from the other he reportedly held the victim, forcing an electronic transfer of $400 via CASHAPP.
The two Kidnapping warrants allege that Simpson unlawfully seized, confined, kidnapped and held each victim against their will July 18th, also in the vicinity of 1st and 3rd Streets. Two more warrants state he was in possession of a firearm during the armed robberies last Thursday.
With cash or surety bonds set at $50,000 on each of the two Armed Robbery charges and the two Kidnapping warrants, and $20,000 on each of the weapons offenses; Adrian Adonis Simpson Jr. was being held with bonds totaling $240,000.
