SPRING HILL, Fla. – Three juveniles arrested in the May 21st Armed Robbery of a taxi driver were recently charged in connection with a second armed robbery reported a day earlier on May 11th.
During the investigation of the 05-12-21 armed robbery incident, detectives obtained information the juveniles were also responsible for the 05-11-2021 armed robbery of a food delivery driver.
The juveniles arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the taxi driver were previously identified as Kylee Champagne, 16, Michael Nazario, 13,, and Giovanni Pereira, 17.
In the armed robbery of the food delivery driver, the victim advised she responded to a residence on Yorkshire Avenue in Spring Hill to deliver food.
Two teenage males later identified as Nazario and Pereira met the delivery driver at the front of the residence.
One of the suspects later identified as Pereira displayed a handgun while demanding money from the driver. The suspects took the money and two orders of chicken wings and fled the area on foot.
Evidence at the scene led deputies to a residence on Chamber Court where Champagne resides. This investigation, which did not result in an arrest at the time, occurred prior to the armed robbery of a taxi driver that occurred on May 12th.
Investigation revealed the three juveniles had pooled their money together to purchase two handguns online for the purpose of robbing individuals at gunpoint.
The juveniles committed two armed robberies using the handguns they had purchased.
Pereira and Nazario were each charged with one count of Armed Robbery in connection with the incident involving the food delivery driver. Champagne was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery.
Pereira is currently detained at the Hernando County Detention Center on a $100,000 bond. Champagne is also being held at the detention center in lieu of $110,000 bond.
Nazario remains at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Ocala.
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