Charges Held for Shotgun Robbery Defendants
Additional charges, lowered bail
The three defendants arrested in connection with a Jan. 6 robbery with a sawed-off shotgun in Roslyn waived their preliminary trial today; all of the charges were held, and newer charges were added. Terrell D. Ross, 19, of the 1400 block of Edgewood Avenue, Roslyn; Leon Wardlaw-Liggins, 18, of Philadelphia; and a 16-year-old man from Philadelphia, whose name was not released but who was identified as Wardlaw-Liggins’ brother, sat quietly in court in front of District Justice John Kessler; their hands and ankles were shackled. In addition to robbery, all three defendants were charged with "threatening serious bodily injury," and "threatening to perform any felony in the first or in the second degree." “There was just one subsection of the…
Marc L.
11:53 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Robbing someone with a shotgun is a pretty big "first step" -- so while they may not have had "serious prior records" -- I would think this wasn't their first trip to the rodeo of serious crime...just the first time they've all been caught. I hope justice is served. more ›