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Clothes vendor charged with robbery with aggravation

Published:Monday | December 19, 2022 | 1:41 PM
Rowe, who was captured on video, was arrested and charged on Sunday. - File photo

A St Catherine clothes vendor has been charged with robbery with aggravation after allegedly holding up a man in downtown Kingston on October 4.

He is 42-year-old Phillip Rowe, of Mirinar Road, St Catherine.

The police say about 12:55 p.m., Rowe and another man held up the complainant at the intersection of Beckford and Orange streets.

They reportedly robbed him of $862,227 and then escaped.

Rowe, who was captured on video, was arrested and charged on Sunday.

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