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The woman told police she received a text message which said the sender was coming to her Springfield residence. The text was later identified to have come from Demarcus D. Carter, 23, whom the woman said she “knew slightly,” according to the probable cause statement. Carter later called the woman and told her he arrived at her residence.
The woman opened the front door just before 10 p.m. and saw an unknown man who told her to “hang on,” according to the statement. Carter arrived moments later and according to the woman’s statement, “bull rushed” through the door.
Police say Carter “grabbed her by the neck and stuck what she described as a black and silver tip handgun against her back.”
The other male reportedly took the woman’s gaming system and Carter demanded to know where her money was. The woman “lunged for her wallet” and the two suspects threw her to the ground, police say.
Carter hit the woman in the head with the pistol and the woman told police she was “kicked and punched in the stomach multiple times,” according to the statement.
The two men stole her wallet and gaming system, according to the statement. The woman later discovered her stolen Unemployment Access Card was used for $20 at a convenience store ATM at 10:35 p.m., according to the statement.
When police contacted management at the convenience store on Kearney Street, they were told surveillance footage was no longer available from that date.
Carter was arrested Monday. On the same day, the woman positively identified Carter in a photo lineup as one of the suspects involved in the robbery, according to the statement.
Carter was charged Tuesday with first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. The robbery charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Carter is in the Greene County Jail with bond set at $100,000, according to online court records.
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