2008 Woodie Awards
Suspect arrested for Campion robbery
Juvenile charged with theft and weapons violations
Kevin Phillips '07
Issue date: 12/8/06 Section: News
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A suspect was arrested Nov. 20 in connection with the last month's robbery of the Aramark dining services office.
The suspect has been charged with a set of charges common to armed robbery, including theft, robbery, possession of an instrument of crime and various weapons offenses.
"We knew it wasn't an outsider," said Bill Mattioli, director of public safety and security for the University.
The 17-year-old suspect's name has not been released, nor have the details of his legal proceedings after his arrest. His preliminary hearing was held sometime last week.
The Aramark office at the Franklin Institute was robbed the day after the robbery at St. Joe's on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Police thought there might be a connection between the two, and brought a photograph to be identified by the student witnesses and the night manager. The witnesses indicated he was not the same man; however, another Aramark employee said that he looked familiar.
The suspect has a previous record, having been involved earlier with a narcotics charge. When the police began probing for subjects on Aramark's staff, his name was among those immediately examined.
The SJU suspect was an employee who worked on weekends in the Hawk's Nest.
Mattioli said that the suspect in the SJU case did in fact bear a resemblance to the Franklin Institute thief, though there was no relation between the two.
The suspect's mother also works for Aramark at St. Joe's. She maintains her son's innocence. "I don't take things for granted. I'm not that kind of mother. I have to accept reality, but I know it wasn't him."
Gardner later confirmed her previous identification of the suspect in court.
"It's hard to prove your innocence when someone has fingered you as guilty," the mother said.
Her son is being represented by a public defender. "Nobody wants to hear what you have to say unless you have money," she added.
The suspect lives with his mother's sister. According to the mother, he was at her house on the evening of the robbery. "I know my child. I can tell when he's lying."
She was working that night herself. The suspect worked at the Hawk's Nest only on weekends.
She said the management has been banned from talking to her. The mother is going to put in for a transfer in the near future.
The suspect has been charged with a set of charges common to armed robbery, including theft, robbery, possession of an instrument of crime and various weapons offenses.
"We knew it wasn't an outsider," said Bill Mattioli, director of public safety and security for the University.
The 17-year-old suspect's name has not been released, nor have the details of his legal proceedings after his arrest. His preliminary hearing was held sometime last week.
The Aramark office at the Franklin Institute was robbed the day after the robbery at St. Joe's on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Police thought there might be a connection between the two, and brought a photograph to be identified by the student witnesses and the night manager. The witnesses indicated he was not the same man; however, another Aramark employee said that he looked familiar.
The suspect has a previous record, having been involved earlier with a narcotics charge. When the police began probing for subjects on Aramark's staff, his name was among those immediately examined.
The SJU suspect was an employee who worked on weekends in the Hawk's Nest.
Mattioli said that the suspect in the SJU case did in fact bear a resemblance to the Franklin Institute thief, though there was no relation between the two.
The suspect's mother also works for Aramark at St. Joe's. She maintains her son's innocence. "I don't take things for granted. I'm not that kind of mother. I have to accept reality, but I know it wasn't him."
Gardner later confirmed her previous identification of the suspect in court.
"It's hard to prove your innocence when someone has fingered you as guilty," the mother said.
Her son is being represented by a public defender. "Nobody wants to hear what you have to say unless you have money," she added.
The suspect lives with his mother's sister. According to the mother, he was at her house on the evening of the robbery. "I know my child. I can tell when he's lying."
She was working that night herself. The suspect worked at the Hawk's Nest only on weekends.
She said the management has been banned from talking to her. The mother is going to put in for a transfer in the near future.
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