A man charged with six counts of robbery and six counts of armed criminal action could be responsible for 35 robberies since December 2023, according to a court document.
Manyiuel Caldwell, 18, is being held without bond at the Jackson County Detention Center.
“The Court further finds by clear and convincing evidence that no combination of non-monetary conditions and monetary conditions will secure the safety of the community or other person, including but not limited to the crime victim and witnesses,” a court document states.
Kansas City, Missouri, detectives have spent nearly a year investigating a series of armed robberies.
Caldwell is charged with three robberies on July 5 and three more robberies on July 7, according to court documents.
One of the robberies Caldwell is accused of committing happened July 5 at a store whose address is blacked out in court documents.
A surveillance camera captured Caldwell as he walked into the store wearing a dark blue hoodie, a white face covering and black pants with three vertical white stripes on each leg.