2 Teens Arrested In School Bus Stop Robbery
Deputies: Teens Involved In Crash After Robbing Student
Two teenagers were arrested Tuesday following the early morning armed robbery of a Matanzas High School student who was waiting at a Palm Coast bus stop.
Sebastian Dominguez, 18, and Brandon Smith, 19, were being held in the Flagler County Inmate Facility.
Flagler County deputies said two students were waiting for a school bus on Beachway Drive where it loops around and reconnects shortly after 7 a.m. when a truck, driven by Dominguez with Smith as a passenger, stopped.
The high school students said the two exited the truck and Dominguez approached one of them with what appeared to be a gun, deputies said. The student said one of the men patted him down to find items to steal while the gun was pointed to his chest, according to deputies.
Deputies said that at one point, the student was struck in the face with the suspected firearm after making a comment to the robbers.
At 7:20 a.m., deputies responded to a crash with injuries on Bird of Paradise Drive, about a mile north of the bus stop. Deputies detained Dominguez and Smith, who were later identified by the two students as the robbers, deputies said.
Deputies said a pellet gun was recovered at the scene and is believed to have been used in the robbery. Two female passengers in Dominguez's truck, identified as a 14-year-old Indian Trails Middle School student and a 15-year-old Matanzas High School student, were slightly injured in the crash.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated the accident and additionally charged Dominguez with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. Bond on those charges totaled $20,000.
Deputies were continuing their investigation into the incident and were investigating the possibility that the truck driven by Dominguez was involved in an overnight vandalism incident at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. In that incident, someone did donuts in a vehicle on the soccer fields, damaging the fields, deputies said.
Dominguez is charged with robbery with a firearm and aggravated battery with a firearm. His bond was set at $35,000 on those charges.
Smith was charged with being an accessory to robbery with a firearm with bond set at $5,000. He also is being held on an outstanding Volusia County warrant on failure to appear with bond set at $2,500 on the charge.
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