Columbia Police Department investigators have charged two men in connection with a weekend armed robbery at a local retail store.
John Quick II (DOB: October 1993) and co-defendant Quarterrious Gibson (DOB: July 2001) are charged with Armed Robbery and Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime after they allegedly approached a female victim and her child in the parking lot of the Walmart located at 360 Harbison Boulevard on November 25, 2018 shortly after 10:00
a.m.
The pair is accused of stealing the victim’s purse from her shoulder and leaving the scene in a vehicle.
There were no reported injuries.
Richland County deputies initially detained the suspects at 1079 Springhouse Drive (The Retreat at Broad River) while following up on similar incidents in their jurisdiction.
Quick and Gibson are currently housed at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center awaiting bond hearings.
All persons arrested/charged are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in a court of law.