COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The Cocoa Beach Police Department on Friday announced the arrests of three men accused of storming a strip club and robbing its employees at gunpoint in June.
Officers responded June 6 to Dancers Royale Cocoa Beach, where a victim called 911 to report she and her coworkers were rushed by two of the suspects shortly after the business had closed. Wearing all-black clothing and ski masks, the suspects — one of them armed with an SKS-style rifle, the other with a handgun and an extended magazine — stole the employees’ cellphones, as well as an undisclosed amount of money from the employees and a safe, throwing everything into a duffel bag before running to an awaiting vehicle, police said on social media.
Jermain Wright Jr., 26; Equan Davis, 27; and Jowuan Harkness, 31, all of Titusville, have since been arrested via warrant in the monthlong investigation, the post states.
Davis was booked June 28 on unrelated charges and was rearrested in connection to the robbery July 26 at the Brevard County Jail, records show. He faces charges of armed burglary, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft in excess of $1,000, four counts of armed robbery and four counts of false imprisonment of an adult, according to court documents.
Wright was booked July 25 to face charges of armed robbery, armed burglary and grand theft between $20,000 and $100,000 in connection to the June case, records show.
Harkness was booked Thursday and faces charges of armed burglary, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft between $20,000 and $100,000, four counts of armed robbery and four counts of false imprisonment of an adult, records show.
Each are being held on no bond.
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