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18-year-old, 3 juveniles charged in Mt. Juliet robbery

Posted at 10:46 PM, Jan 15, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-16 10:26:44-05

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WTVF) — An 18-year-old and three juveniles have been charged in connection with a robbery at a Mt. Juliet Sprint store.

Mt. Juliet police said the suspects walked in through the front door and demanded the store worker to get cash.

No one was injured in the incident.

The owner of the store, Robert Hartline, also owns multiple Sprint stores in and around Nashville. He told NewsChannel 5 this was the third armed robbery in the past 60 days that he's had at one of his stores.

Police later confirmed that 18-year-old An’via Blakely, of Nashville, was arrested along with the three male juveniles – tentatively identified as a 15-year-old, 16-year-old and 17-year-old.

Officials said the 15-year-old was the gunman.

They were each charged with aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, and theft over $10,000.