Teen Arrested For Facebook Robbery
#Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 7, 2014-– A 17-year-old city teen faces charges that he robbed a 17-year-old West Hartford youth who answered a Facebook ad for sneakers. Detectives Martin Heanue and Jorge Cintron responded to a report of a street robbery with a handgun on Hollister Avenue Sunday. There, they met with Officer John Forestier, a school resource officer, and the victims, the teen and his father. The teen stated that he had arranged to buy a pair of Air Jordan sneakers on a Facebook page called “Connecticut Sneaker Exchange.” The alleged seller used a profile name and the two corresponded to negotiate a selling price. The Bridgeport Police Department is not releasing the profile name because it would identify…







