TEEN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY

By Jon Mayhew



IRON STATION -- A Shelby teenager is jailed and facing an armed robbery charge for allegedly stealing $9 worth of school fund-raising cash from a young boy.

Detective Mark Stamey identified the suspect as Joey Jay Bridges, 19, 1027 Mitchell Street, Shelby. He is charged with one count of felony robbery with a dangerous weapon.

The incident happened on Jan. 11, when the suspect entered the victim's Iron Station residence on Stagecoach Road with a friend. While in the residence he pretended to purchase a candy bar and grabbed the money from the boy and ran out of the residence. The victim’s mother confronted the teen and during the argument the suspect displayed a firearm. He eventually returned the money and left the scene.

Bridges was arrested Friday and placed under a $5,000 secured bond. He has been released from the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center.