TWO CHARGED IN ARMED ROBBERY AT DESTIN MOTEL

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Dec 31 2016 2:45 PM

 Two Fort Walton Beach men have been charged with pulling off an armed robbery of two patrons at the Motel 6 on Harbor Boulevard in Destin around 10:30 last night. One victim says he was pistol-whipped and another suffered a slight laceration to his finger in a struggle over a knife during the ordeal.

Deputies say 24-year old Derrick Washington and 26-year old Daniel Burns, both of Eccles Road, entered Room 158 where Washington pulled a 9mm handgun and demanded money while ordering the two victims to the ground. Washington struck victim Brian Lanieux of Fort Walton Beach, in the head with a handgun and also held him at gunpoint in the bathroom.

The second victim, Nicholas Carasso of Destin, pulled a knife to protect himself and received a minor cut to his finger when he struggled over the knife with Washington. Deputies say Washington and Burns then stole $600 in cash, a gold money clip, and gold necklace from Lanieux and $30 cash from Carasso before leaving the scene in a white Lexus.

The investigation led to the OCSO to 102 Eccles Road in Fort Walton Beach where Washington and Burns were taken into custody on charges of home invasion armed robbery, grand theft, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.

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