(WJET/WFXP)– Titusville police announced charges against a Mississippi man, accusing him of robbing a teenager at gunpoint at a local hotel.
Titusville police said they were called for the robbery on April 12, saying the juvenile victim got into a verbal dispute that escalated with 23-year-old Deon Reddix of Pascagoula, Mississippi, after a night out.
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That dispute escalated after Reddix allegedly went to his car and grabbed a gun, went back to his hotel room, then forced it into the victim’s mouth and made them send him money over the phone. Police also accused him of providing alcohol to the victim earlier that evening.
Police eventually got a search warrant for Reddix’s car and hotel room, where they allegedly found a 9mm pistol in the room, to go with ammunition and extra magazines in the car.
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Reddix was taken into custody and is facing felony robbery and assault charges, along with several misdemeanors, including theft, reckless endangerment, simple assault and more…