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Local Teen Robbery Suspect To Be Tried As An Adult

A judge has ruled a 17-year-old Columbus man accused of participating in a robbery in which two suspects where shot and killed by police may be tried as an adult. Prosecutors say Savon Dearmond and another male suspect robbed a store on Alum Creek Drive at gunpoint in October of last year.  The suspect fled in a car and two individuals inside the car were shot by police.  Trial for the other man is expected to begin in the coming months.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.