The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of 18-year-old Michael Sanders III in connection to a spree of armed robberies that lasted multiple days.
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On January 12, Sanders arranged to meet with a victim and sell a phone, however when they met up Sanders robbed them instead.
This armed robbery fits the same characteristics of the rest of his robberies.
He would set up a time and place on social media marketplaces, then rob his victims at gunpoint for cash or cash-app transfers.
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Sanders has been identified as a serial robber.
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JSO is urging people to set up their marketplace meeting locations at police substations to prevent these types of robberies.
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