Upper West Side Robbery Turns Deadly
A 30-year-old Bronx man has admitted to his role in the June 2015 robbery and murder of a store clerk on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
MICHAEL ADAMS, of the Bronx, pled guilty to participating in an armed robbery of a small business on June 18, 2015, which resulted in the shooting and killing of a store clerk, Bubacarr Camera.
According to the allegations, MICHAEL ADAMS and two other men, Stephen Adams and Zubearu Bettis, shot and killed Bubacarr Camera in the course of a robbery of a store located at 906 Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara praised the investigative work of the ATF, the NYPD, and the U.S. Marshals on the case.
The charges to which MICHAEL ADAMS pled guilty carry a maximum of life in prison, and a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jared Lenow and Max Nicholas are handling the prosecution.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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