No shots were fired in the midday robbery at the store, Royal Gems, at 55 West 47th Street, the authorities said.
"I was raised on Schenck Avenue, across from the projects," said Mr. Chamble, who is 29 and sells cars in Teaneck, N.J. "I lived in a six-story apartment building -- drug-infested, urine smell in the hallways; a lot of gunshots at night, robberies".
We heard stories of land for sale for man camps, women afraid to go to the store at night, robberies, and tree houses coveted as potential housing for oil field roustabouts.
Mr. Blackmon appeared in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday night on robbery and firearms charges.
"There's nothing else for him to do," he added, saying Brazilian officials hadn't contacted them for additional information regarding Sunday morning's robbery. .
A high-ranking police official helped arrest a suspect in a home-invasion robbery last night after seeing him in a surveillance tape, the police said.
Several robbers were holding at least seven people hostage inside a Staples store on Long Island this morning after a robbery attempt went awry, the police said.
One employee was killed and another was critically injured last night in a robbery in a bodega in East New York, Brooklyn, the police said.
The suspects were charged last night with armed robbery and other charges, including first-degree murder, which can be punishable by death.
FATAL POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING This is a replica of the 13yo suspects gun used in last night's armed robbery.
