(Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 17, 2014) – A 19-year-old faces first-degree robbery charges after an armed robbery on Maplewood Avenue Thursday evening.

Officer Anthony Gianpoalo responded to an armed robbery in the 900 block at 7:30 p.m. The victim, a 21-year-old male, stated that he and a female friend walked to a corner store for some food and other items and then walked back to the female friend’s apartment building. They were accosted by two armed people on the second –floor landing. The man had his wallet and phone stolen. The female also apparently had her phone taken.

Gianpoalo and Officers Adam Roscoe and Douglas Bepko interviewed the two victims and other people who might have information about the crime. With help from the community, police later determined a possible identity of one of the suspects.

After a radio broadcast, Officer Jeremy Kelly observed the suspect, Torey Lewis, of Bridgeport, walking with a female. Lewis was identified as one of the robbers and charged with first-degree larceny. His bond is set at $75,000.

The investigation remains ongoing.