One Man Dead After Armed Robbery in Pike County

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Police say the incident happened at a home on County Road 3016 in the Springhill Community. Officers say 3 men entered a home after the homeowner answered.

Officers say shots were fired during a struggle with a gun. The suspects ran away after the homeowner managed to get the gun. But one of them had already been shot. Police say that suspect shot was 21-year-old Javonte King. His body was found about 200 yards away from where the robbery happened. The 2 other suspects 23-year-old Anthony Jerome Starks and 21-year-old Davaris Mendenhall are in custody and charge with first degree robbery.

“The investigation is on-going. We do anticipate further charges and possibly murder charge will be forthcoming and also there may be an additional arrest,” says Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas.

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Davaris Mendenhall

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Anthony Jerome Starks

The homeowner was not injured in the incident. Authorities say there was also a 1-year-old child sleeping inside the home at the time. The child was not hurt.

Anthony Jerome Starks and Davaris Mendenhall are now both charged with murder while committing the robbery, that left another suspect dead (Javonte King).

Starks is being held on a bond of $500,000. Mendenhall is being held without a bond.
Officers also arrested 33-year-old Tyiesha Pollard for a probation violation.
She was in the company of Mendenhall and Starks when Troy Police located them at Brantley Mobile Home Park in Troy.
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