BOSTON, Sept. 11, 2014—Three people were arraigned last week on charges they robbed a livery driver at knife point, but were apprehended the very next day when they attempted to lure a second driver from the same company to a similar fate, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

MOLIJAH BUREY (D.O.B. 11/14/91) of Dorchester, NADIGE AIME-BASKIN (D.O.B. 6/27/95) of Mattapan, and NICOLE JACKSON (D.O.B. 1/2/95) of Mattapan were arraigned on Friday in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.  Burey was additionally charged with malicious destruction of property over $250 and furnishing a false name. 

Assistant District Attorney William Kettlewell requested that Burey and Jackson each be held on $35,000 bail and Aime-Baskin be held on $20,000.  Judge Serge Georges set bail at $10,000 for Burey, $2,000 for Jackson, and $1,000 for Aime-Baskin, and granted the Kettlewell’s request that each defendant wear a GPS monitor and be ordered to stay away from victims, witnesses, and each other in the event they make bail.

According to prosecutors, Boston Police received a 911 call on Sept. 3 from a livery driver who reported he had been robbed at knife point.  The victim told police that he arrived for a pick-up at a Leston Street address where he found two individuals sitting on the home’s front steps.  Rather than providing an address where they wanted to be dropped off, the two gave the driver turn-by-turn directions to a Nelson Street location; once there, one man pulled out a knife and demanded the driver’s money and the second suspect grabbed the victim by the back of his shirt collar when he tried to run.  The victim was able to flee into a nearby convenience store and call police.

Officers arrived on scene to find the livery vehicle where the driver left it with the keys still in the ignition.  Missing from the vehicle, however, were $70 in cash and a cell phone valued at $350, prosecutors said.

The next day, the same livery company called officers to report that they’d received a call from a woman using the same phone number that was used in the previous day’s armed robbery.  A man and woman then made several follow-up calls to ensure that a vehicle was on its way.

A livery vehicle was in fact sent – with one Boston Police officer behind the wheel and a second riding in the rear seat.  Upon arrival at the Lucerne Street address provided by the caller, four men and a woman approached the car.  After the four made repeated attempts to enter the locked vehicle, officers opened the doors and instructed each person to stay where they were.

Burey allegedly took off running down Winston Street, where he lost his hat. He then jumped a fence and fled through a yard, where he lost one shoe, and then ran directly through a wooden fence into a Theodore Street yard, where police found him out of breath and hiding beneath a car, prosecutors said.  He allegedly identified himself to police by the name David Riley.

Aime-Baskin also fled and was apprehended on Morton Street in possession of the phone that was used to contact the livery company, prosecutors said.

Jackson was arrested after a brief struggle with police.  Officers found that she was carrying a folding knife.

During separate interviews with police, Jackson and Aime-Baskin allegedly made statements indicating their involvement.

The fourth individual present at the scene was questioned by police and released.

All three will return to court Oct. 2.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.