Crime & Safety

Cops Nab Remaining Floral Park Jewelry Store Robbers: Police

One robber, a woman, was arrested at the scene of the robbery while the two men were arrested months later, police say.

Cops have arrested the two other people who robbed a Floral Park jewelry store at gunpoint in November, police say.

Police say a woman, along with Darkel Davis, 31, of Cambria Heights, and Justice Brunson, 39, of Brooklyn, entered Atelier Jewelers, located at 10 Woodbine Court, at 1:52 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. The men displayed handguns and ordered the employees to the floor while they went through the display cases and stole assorted jewelry and watches, police say.

The woman, 24-year-old Brooklyn resident Keisha Payton, was arrested without incident by responding Floral Park Police Officers as she fled out the store, police say. She had proceeds from the robbery in her possession, Floral Park Police said.

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The two men fled the store with an unknown amount of jewelry but were arrested months later following an investigation, police say.

Davis was charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree criminal use of a firearm and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was also charged with an additional count of first-degree robbery for an unrelated incident. He was previously arraigned on Jan. 23 at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Brunson was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery. He will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court.

No injuries were reported in the robbery.

Images via NCPD: (l-r) Darkel Davis and Justice Brunson

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