MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say 18-year-old Martereon Pegues robbed a woman at gunpoint of a pricey watch during a Facebook Marketplace meet-up, and days later, he and three accomplices targeted a man also selling two watches worth $3,000 on Facebook.
Pegues was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and theft of property. Jabron Green, 18, was booked in the Shelby County Jail for aggravated robbery.
MPD said April 13 the victim was ambushed by Pegues, Green, and two others on Cottage Oak Drive in Cordova. The victim told WREG he was selling replica Audemars Piguet and G-Shock watches for $1,500 each when he was held up at gunpoint.
The victims said the buyers, later identified as Green and Pegues, handed over $1,300, and then one of them pretended to reach for more cash in his pocket and instead pulled an AR-style rifle from under his jacket.
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Two masked men armed with guns also appeared, and they forcibly took the $1,300 and the watches from the victim.
According to an affidavit of complaint, three days earlier, Pegues robbed a woman he also met through Facebook Marketplace…