Man Charged With Robbing Two Men At Gunpoint In St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO — James Blakemore, a 31-year-old St. Louis man, has been charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm after police say he held up two men in separate downtown incidents last week, the Post-Dispatch reports.

Police say security footage from both robberies led to Blakemore's arrest for violating a curfew in a public park on Friday.

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According to the charges, Blakemore brandished a weapon and demanded cash from a man after a baseball game in the 600 block of Pine Street Thursday. On Friday, he is accused of doing the same with a man in the 700 block of North Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard.

Police say both victims identified Blakemore as the man who robbed them. He is held on $150,000 cash-only bond for the armed robbery charges and another $30,000 for the firearms charge. No attorney is listed.

As in every case, charges are merely accusations, not proof of guilt.

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