BOSTON, Oct. 10, 2012—Three teenagers were arraigned this week on charges they stole a cell phone and other items in an armed robbery that was foiled in part by a phone call from the victim’s father, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE from Dorchester and a 16-YEAR-OLD MALE from Jamaica Plain were arraigned Tuesday in the Juvenile Session of Dorchester District Court on charges of delinquency, to wit armed robbery and receiving stolen property under $250, while co-defendant Keyshaun Taylor (D.O.B. 8/22/95) of Attleboro was arraigned as an adult in the same courthouse on a single count of armed robbery.

Assistant District Attorney Amanda Cascione requested that the younger teens be held on $5,000 each, stay away from and have no contact with the victim and co-defendants, observe a 6 p.m. curfew, attend school, and wear a GPS monitoring bracelet. Judge Leslie E. Harris set the duo’s bail at $2,500 each, granted the requested stay away and no contact orders and a 6 p.m. curfew. Judge Harris also revoked the teens’ bails on an unrelated matter out of Dorchester District Court.

At Taylor’s arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Gretchen Sherwood requested bail be set at $10,000. Judge Kenneth J. Fiandaca instead released Taylor on personal recognizance but granted the prosecutor’s request that Taylor be placed under house arrest and wear a GPS monitor.

The victim, a 22-year-old Boston man, was robbed around 8:23 p.m. Monday at the corner of Lydon Way and Florida Street as he walked from the Ashmont MBTA station to a friend’s home. According to prosecutors, the defendants approached the victim from behind. One held a knife to the man’s side while a second told him, “Give me everything you have,” and went through the victim’s pockets before taking off with a Blackberry, iPod, and wallet containing the victim’s license and four debit cards.

The victim called Boston Police, and officers stopped the three defendants not far from where the incident occurred. When asked by officers if any of the defendants was carrying a cell phone, the Dorchester youth pulled out the Blackberry, handed it to the officer, and allegedly said it belonged to him. When asked for the phone’s passcode, however, he allegedly stated he’d just found it down the street. The iPod was found on the Jamaica Plain teen, while Taylor admitted to carrying a folding knife, according to prosecutors.

As the officers were waiting to perform a show-up identification procedure, the victim’s phone rang and an officer answered it.

“Who is this?” the caller asked. “Why do you have my son’s phone?”

The officer identified himself and asked the caller who the phone’s rightful owner was. The caller identified his son by name, corroborating the victim’s statement that the phone was his. The victim was able to identify Taylor as one of his assailants.

The 16-year-old from Dorchester was represented for bail purposes by attorney Jennifer Burns. Dehlia Umunna represented the 16-year-old from Jamaica Plain. Both will return to court on Oct. 23. Attorney Kim Gianpetero represented Taylor, who is due back in court on Nov. 20.

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