- May 23, 2025
Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two males in connection to an armed robbery of a minor last February.
The victim was in a car with the two suspects, a 15-year-old Orange City boy and 18-year-old Masiah Givens of Palm Coast, when the robbery occurred on Feb. 28, according to a Flagler County Sheriff's Office press release. The victim told deputies that Givens pulled out a small handgun, placed it to the victim's head and told him to empty out his pockets.
The victim handed over his money and the two suspects got out of the car. The victim reported the robbery the next day and FCSO detectives later determined Givens had used a BB gun with its orange tip removed, making it appear to be a real firearm, the press release said.
Givens was arrested by FCSO detectives on March 2. He has been charged with robbery with a weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, petit theft and battery. He is being held at the Flagler County jail without bond, the press release said.
Over the next several weeks, FCSO detectives continued to investigate the 15-year-old suspect's involvement. They determined the minor had told Givens through text that he had seen the victim withdraw money from an ATM earlier in the day and texted each other about robbing the victim, the press release said. Givens also told the 15-year-old to monitor the victim in the car during the robbery and told him to hold on to the BB gun afterward.
Detectives obtained an order to take the 15-year-old into custody, where he is facing several criminal conspiracy charges, as well as two accessory after the fact charges, the press release said. The 15-year-old was apprehended at his school by the Volusia County Sheriff's School Resource Unit Office on April 14 and taken to the Volusia Family resource center.
