One of the suspects allegedly tied to two of the four armed robberies that occurred near Boston University’s campus pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at Brookline District Court Monday morning.
Taquari Milton, 17, of Roxbury, charged with two counts of armed robbery in relation to two robberies on Sep. 25 and Oct. 5, of which three BU students and one BU graduate were victims. He is being held without bail until a later hearing on Thursday.
Milton returns to court at 2 p.m. on Thursday for a dangerousness hearing, in which his defense attorney could argue to lift Milton’s detention without bail.
“By moving to have a dangerousness hearing, he is held without bail until that time,” said Norfolk District Attorney spokesman David Traub.
Police arrested Milton, the one adult suspect who did not willingly turn himself in, on Oct. 12, The Daily Free Press reported previously.
No further information was released or open to the public on the juvenile suspects in the armed robberies, who turned themselves in last week.
Court documents show a relative and attorney accompanied the juvenile suspect who turned himself in to the Brookline Police Department last Thursday.
The relative stated that the 15-year-old suspect “was turning himself in so he wouldn’t get hurt and so he couldn’t hurt anyone else,” according to court documents.
Later that day, police conducted a search of the apartment where the relative lived.
Police also received a tip from the Boston Police Crime Stopper Tip Line at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, informing police that one of the suspects was a junior at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers.
Police officials visited the school, located on the Northeastern University campus, on Friday and showed school officials the surveillance video retrieved of Egmont Street.
School officials identified the suspects in the video, and on Friday an attorney for one of the robbery suspects announced the suspect would turn himself in, according to court documents.
Later that night, the suspect arrived at the station with his mother and grandparents.
Milton’s attorney, Robert Sheketoff, declined to comment about the specifics of the case outside the courthouse on Monday. Traub said is it not yet known whether the two juveniles will be tried together with Milton, and a trial date has not yet been set.
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