Saturday, October 15, 2016

Teen Charged in 6 Charlotte Business Robberies
Police on Thursday released this surveillance photo of a teenager wanted in connection with six Charlotte business robberies. Joshua Koiyan Police on Thursday released this surveillance photo of a teenager wanted in connection with six Charlotte business robberies. Police on Thursday released this surveillance photo of a teenager wanted in connection with six Charlotte business robberies. Joshua Koiyan

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with six Charlotte business robberies on Friday.

Joshua Nathan Koiyan was arrested without incident off Statesville Avenue and North Graham Street. Police charged Koiyan with six counts of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon and attempted murder. Koiyan was jailed on $300,000 bail.

The robbery spree began Oct. 4 when MMYT Food Mart in the 3000 block of Shamrock Drive was held up at gunpoint.

The same store was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon, followed several hours later by a robbery at gunpoint of the Boost Mobile store in the 4300 block of The Plaza and then a robbery at the Plaza and Milton Food Mart in the 6000 block of The Plaza.

Soon after that robbery, the Run-In Convenience store in the 1900 block of Milton Road was robbed at gunpoint. On Thursday afternoon, EZ Light in the 4400 block of The Plaza was robbed at gunpoint.

Joe Marusak

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article108354022.html#storylink=cpy

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