12-year-old, 6-year-old connected to Steele Creek robbery, CMPD says

A 12-year-old is facing charges after police said they robbed a woman of her cell phone in southwest Charlotte over the weekend.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to a reported robbery on Diamond Creek Circle around 8 a.m. on Sunday. The incident happened at the Coffey Creek apartments along South Tryon Street between Interstate 485 and West Arrowood Road.

The victim called CMPD after two kids, who are 12 years old and 6 years old, approached her in the parking lot and took her phone. The woman said one of the kids asked to borrow her phone to call their mom. When she handed over the phone, the kids took off running.

When the woman chased after the kids, police allege the 12-year-old pointed a BB gun at the victim. CMPD detectives were able to contact the kids' mother and she allowed officers to search their home where the BB gun was found.

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