Two arrested on charges they used stolen cellphone to lure, rob man in suburban West Palm Beach

Source: The Palm Beach Post, Fla.新蒲崗迷你倉Aug. 31--Two men were arrested Thursday after they allegedly robbed a man and used his cellphone to lure and rob his friend outside a home in suburban West Palm Beach.Keith Dawkins, 22, of West Palm Beach, and Christopher Bellamy, 21, exchanged text messages with the friend and persuaded him to go to an address where they said the man from whom they stole the cellphone had moved, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.They were taken into custody after they were found in stolen car outside the Flashdance strip club in suburban West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.A third person, Robert Harris, 18, of West Palm Beach, allegedly was in the stolen car and in possession of marijuana. Sheriff's accounts do not indicate he was involved in the robberies. He was arrested on drug charges.Harris was released on his own recognizance Friday, while Dawkins and Bellamy, who has no listed address, both remained in custody at the Palm Beach County Jail.Bellamy is accused of armed robbery. Dawkins is facing charges that include grand theft auto, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possessing a firearm while committing a felon.The man lured to the strange address told deputies he thought he had been exchanging text messages with his friend Aug. 24. One message asked him to go to a home on Breckenridge Court, south of Okeechobee Boulevard and west of Haverhill Road in suburban West Palm Beach. The text said the friend had recently moved there. The man said he tried to call his friend, but the call went directly to voice mail.The man drove to Breckenridge Court and was approached by Dawkins and Bellamy, the affidavit said.Dawkins reportedly put a gun to the man's head while Bmini storagellamy searched his pockets. He took the man's cellphone and car keys as well as $120 in cash, the affidavit said. Both suspects then fled on foot behind some nearby apartment buildings.Dawkins and Harris apparently lured the victim using an iPhone taken during a robbery on South D Street in Lake Worth.The alleged victim in that case told deputies that several men with semi-automatic handguns forced him to get on the ground while they removed his iPhone and car keys. The man said he did not immediately report the crime because he feared the suspects would return and kill him.The man reported that he checked his Facebook page and saw a photo posted of two men in a car. The photo given to investigators, who shared the information with West Palm Beach police.A West Palm Beach officer contacted Dawkins and Bellamy and informed sheriff's deputies that the two had same physical characteristics as the men in the Facebook photo. Deputies identified Bellamy through his Facebook page and saw that Dawkins was listed as a friend on the account.The victim from the Breckenridge Court robbery was shown the men's photos and identified them as the attackers, the affidavit said.Early Thursday, deputies were patrolling the Flashdance parking lot for signs of drug activity saw three men sitting in a blue Toyota. The car had been reported as stolen, said deputies, who found several bags of what appeared to be marijuana in itUnder questioning, Dawkins told deputies he bought the car from a drug dealer for $500 and that he knew that it was stolen, the affidavit said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Visit The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) at .palmbeachpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage