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A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Durham County Superior Court to attempted armed robbery in a case in which the victim ended up holding the gun.
Dewayne McKinley Jiggetts of Dearborn Drive in Durham also pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Assistant District Attorney Charlene
Coggins-Franks told Superior Court Judge Reuben Young that on Sept. 2, a
man was using the ATM machine at the SunTrust Bank on North Miami
Boulevard to withdraw $20 to buy pork chops.
As he was using the machine, Jiggetts
approached and tried to pull a gun out of his pocket, but the hammer got
caught on his jeans, so the gun fell back into his pocket,
Coggins-Franks said.
As he again attempted to pull the gun, the victim grabbed Jiggetts’ hand and pinned it to his pocket.
“I’m not going to rob you. I’m not going to rob you,” Coggins-Franks quoted Jiggetts as saying to the victim.
The victim then flipped Jiggetts over and
took him to the ground head first before snatching the .38 caliber gun
away. Jiggetts got up and started to flee, but just then a Durham police
officer who had been dispatched to the bank for the incident drove up
and stopped Jiggetts.
More @ News-Record
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