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19 year-old Joseph Lopez a computer technician from Lavender Street, has been identified another of the men who committed the brazen armed robbery of A&R Store at mile 1 on the Western Highway.

Lopez was arraigned today before the Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith on a single charge of robbery, to which he pleaded not guilty. Because the offence was committed with a firearm, he couldn't be granted bail, and he was remanded to prison until November 26.

He joins Kevin Bodden and security guard Leroy Ciego who were charged before him. Ciego, who was posted at A&R as the security guard on duty, is the man believed to have given the robbers inside information on how to execute the robbery successfully.

As we told you, it happened at around 6:27 p.m. on October 20. A man with a stockings mask on his head walked into the store holding a secuiirity guard at gunpoint, while his accomplice guarded the door. The gunman then ordered everyone to lie on the ground. Those present were the employees and their young children, since the store was already closed.

The assailants managed to escape with over 12 thousand, 7 hundred dollars.