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LAFAYETTE, Ind. Olamilekan Akinkugbe became an adult in the judicial system about two weeks before his 18th birthday.
Prosecutors charged Akinkugbe, 17, 568 Westchester Lane, Lafayette, on Wednesday as an adult, accusing him of robbery, theft, resisting law enforcement, false informing and possession of marijuana.
Akinkugbe robbed Daniel Atwell about 10:35 p.m. May 18, according to prosecutors.
Police said last week they believed that Atwell was lured to the apartment complex, at Indiana 25 and U.S. 231, to be robbed.
Atwell, a deliveryman for Pizza Hut, was lured to an apartment on Keyes Court in Romney Meadows. As Atwell knocked on the door, Akinkugbe ran around the corner of the building and attacked Atwell, hitting him several times in the head, according to prosecutors.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. Daniel Atwell tried to deliver pizzas to 3088 Keyes Court in Romney Meadows about 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, but he was being set up for a robbery, police said.
As he knocked on the apartment door, a 17-year-old boy ran around the corner of the building and hit Atwell in the head with an object, according to Lafayette police. Atwell s attacker claimed he had a gun and demanded the deliveryman s money and the pizzas, which Atwell gave him, police said.
Officers canvassing the area found the 17-year-old suspect, who had the driver s cash on him. Officers arrested him on suspicion of robbery.