Three teens arrested, charged in robbery

DEALE, Md. - Anne Arundel County Police have arrested and charged three people in connection to a reported armed robbery of a citizen.

Just before 8:00 p.m., Saturday, officers responded to the area of Franklin Manor Road and Tiffany Drive in Deale.

The victim told police that he was walking in the area when a male approached him, displayed a handgun and demanded money.

The victim relinquished an undisclosed amount of currency and the suspect ran away, heading east on Tiffany Drive.

Numerous officers, including an Anne Arundel County K9 Unit, canvassed the area but were unable to immediately locate the suspect.

As officers expanded their search, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a SUV containing four males on Masons Beach Road.

Based on the evidence that was uncovered during the traffic stop, three of the four persons were implicated in the robbery.

Police arrested and charged Brandon Lee Powell, 19, with Armed Robbery, Robbery and Theft. Police also charged Nathaniel John Aikin, 17, as an adult with Armed Robbery, Robbery, Theft and Accessory after the fact, as well as an unidentified 15-year-old male juvenile with a juvenile citation with Accessory after the fact and released him to his mother.