Five charged after jumping out of pickup truck to allegedly rob a man at gunpoint — for $30 vape pen: police

Five Florida men are facing felony robbery charges aft constabulary allege they held up a antheral walking location from enactment and stole a vape pen worthy astir $30.

The robbery happened astir 9:36 p.m. Sunday successful Winter Haven, according to the Winter Haven Police Department.

Investigators said the unfortunate was walking location aft his displacement erstwhile a pickup motortruck pulled up beside him and 5 men jumped out, demanding everything successful his pockets.

The unfortunate told the radical helium lone had a cellphone and a vape pen, constabulary said.

One of the suspects allegedly lifted his garment to uncover a weapon tucked into his waistband and demanded the items.

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Damarius Jamel Taylor faces robbery and theft charges aft investigators linked him to a radical accused of holding up a antheral walking location from enactment successful Winter Haven, Florida, constabulary said. (Winter Haven Public Safety Department)

Police said the men searched the victim's pockets and took the vape pen. They past demanded his cellphone, but the unfortunate refused to manus it implicit and told them it had a tracker connected it.

The suspects past got backmost into the motortruck and drove away.

Officers aboriginal located the pickup extracurricular a residence, wherever they spotted respective men matching the suspects' descriptions, according to police.

Javon Prince Jackson-Roby was charged with robbery with a limb aft constabulary said helium and 4 different men stole a vape pen worthy astir $30 from a antheral walking location from enactment successful Winter Haven, Florida. (Winter Haven Public Safety Department)

When the men saw officers, they ran into the residence and initially refused to travel out, constabulary said. Authorities yet detained the suspects aft they exited the home.

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Tayshawn Williams was taken into custody aft Winter Haven constabulary identified 5 suspects accused of confronting a antheral connected his locomotion location from enactment and stealing his vape pen. (Winter Haven Public Safety Department)

Investigators besides interviewed a 17-year-old miss who was riding successful the motortruck during the incident. According to police, she said she had accompanied her fellow and his friends to respective stores earlier they stopped adjacent a cemetery successful the area.

The teen told investigators she did not witnesser what happened extracurricular the motortruck but heard yelling.

She aboriginal saw 1 of the men instrumentality to the conveyance holding a greenish vape pen and accidental helium had "got the vape," according to police.

Deshawn Antwon Lampkin was among 5 suspects arrested aft investigators said a radical confronted a antheral walking location from enactment and took his vape pen during an equipped robbery successful Winter Haven, Florida. (Winter Haven Public Safety Department)

Authorities arrested Damarius Jamel Taylor, 18, of Avon Park; Tayshawn Williams, 18, of Auburndale; Javon Prince Jackson-Roby, 19, of Avon Park; Martice Spears Jr., 19; and Deshawn Antwon Lampkin, 19.

All 5 men were charged with robbery with a limb and petit theft, constabulary said.

Taylor was besides arrested connected an outstanding warrant from Highlands County.

Martice Spears Jr. was among 5 men charged aft a Winter Haven robbery successful which constabulary said a unfortunate was threatened with a weapon and robbed of a vape pen. (Winter Haven Public Safety Department)

Two 17-year-old girls were besides charged with resisting apprehension without unit successful transportation with the investigation, according to police.

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One allegedly provided officers with a mendacious commencement date, portion the different allegedly refused to let officers into the residence aft the suspects ran inside.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Winter Haven Police Department for further comment.