MOUNT CARMEL - A 17-year-old borough male has been charged with felony offenses of robbery and aggravated assault for allegedly stealing a $400 iPod at knifepoint from a 15-year-old boy Friday morning in the 200 block of West Sixth Street.
Blake William Boyer, of 510 E. Fifth St., is charged as an adult by Police Chief Brian Shurock and Patrolman Matthew Dillman with two counts each of robbery and aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of possessing an instrument of crime, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and simple assault (two counts).
Boyer was arraigned Friday by Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones and committed to Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury in lieu of $50,000 bail.
According to a criminal complaint, the 15-year-old victim from Mount Carmel was walking home from school shortly after 11 a.m. when Boyer and a 16-year-old borough male approached him. The victim told police Boyer walked up to him and told him to give him his iPod. The 15-year-old said he pleaded with Boyer not to steal his iPod, but Boyer, who was brandishing a knife in his right hand, continued to demand the iPod. The teen said he relinquished the iPod to Boyer because he was afraid the defendant was going to stab him.
Shurock located Boyer and the 16-year-old male a short time later and took Boyer into custody.
The 16-year-old male, who wasn't charged in the incident, told police he was walking home from school with Boyer when Boyer found a knife. The 16-year-old male said Boyer then demanded the victim give him his iPod. The 16-year-old male and Boyer then walked to Boyer's residence, where Boyer gave the iPod to the 16-year-old.
Police said the 16-year-old gave the iPod to Shurock when the police chief located him and Boyer.