MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A third suspect has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that authorities say occurred at a Miami-Dade smoke shop last year.
David Lamont Scipp, 18, faces one count of armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon in connection with the July 6 robbery at General Smoke Shop in the county’s Westgate area, according to jail records.
Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the robbery occurred just after 7 p.m. at General Smoke Shop, located at 2975 NW 62nd St., where an employee was working behind the counter at the time.
According to investigators, Corey Lanard Hayes Jr. drove a blue Honda Accord carrying Scipp and Malik Jacari Crossley to a nearby church parking lot before the robbery.
Authorities said Hayes, 19, first entered the smoke shop alone and made a cash purchase before returning to the car. Scipp and Crossley then went inside the business together while Hayes remained outside, deputies said.
Investigators said the pair pulled handguns from underneath their shirts and demanded money and property from the employee.
According to an arrest report, the victim told the suspects he did not have access to the safe and was then escorted at gunpoint to the back of the store while the suspects searched for cash and merchandise.
The victim eventually told the robbers there was about $300 inside a backpack, authorities said. Investigators said Scipp grabbed the backpack while Crossley, 19, continued pointing a handgun at the victim.
Deputies said the suspects stole CBD products and grinders from the front counter before Hayes drove the group away in the Honda Accord.
The victim ran from the rear of the store to a nearby residence, where deputies were notified, according to investigators.
Authorities said surveillance cameras from the store captured the robbery as well as the suspects returning to the vehicle after the crime.
Following an investigation, detectives arrested Scipp, who lives in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, as the third suspect on Wednesday. Investigators said he was taken to MDSO headquarters, where he was read his Miranda rights and invoked his right to remain silent.
As of Thursday, Scipp was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”
Records show Crossley was being held without bond at the Metrowest Detention Center, while Hayes was no longer listed in Miami-Dade online jail records.
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