Defendant: Tykeem Hines  (DOB 08/05/96)

July 26, 2018 -- Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Tykeem Hines of the Bronx pleaded guilty Thursday to Robbery in the Second Degree, a class C violent felony, following a January home robbery in Mount Vernon. Westchester County Court Judge Barry Warhit accepted the plea.

Background
On Jan. 14, 2018, Hines committed a gunpoint robbery in an apartment on South 13th Avenue in Mount Vernon. He negotiated to sell a Moncler brand jacket to the victim over social media. Instead, when he met the victim for the sale, he brandished a gun inside the victim’s apartment and demanded money. At the time of the robbery, three adults and a 6-year-old child were present in the apartment. Hines threatened to shoot the victims and stole money and a bracelet before fleeing from the apartment. He ran from the scene and threw his unloaded gun to the ground, which was recovered by Mount Vernon Police. He was arrested Feb. 27, 2018, when he appeared in Bronx Criminal Court for a pending gun charge.

Hines is expected to be sentenced Sept. 27, 2018. In accordance with his plea agreement, he will receive a sentence of six years in state prison.

The Gang and Firearms Unit of the Investigations Division prosecuted the case.

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