Police arrest final two Baseball Bat Bandits for Dicks assault, robbery

• Both held after arraignment

• Jones sentencing for other gun crimes set for Sept. 17

COLONIE – Colonie police reached home plate after an 11-day contest of trying to capture five suspects involved in a baseball bat assault and robbery at Dick’s House of Sport in Latham.

On Wednesday, Sept. 4 the final two suspects were arrested and charged in that incident. They join three others that were apprehended earlier.

It all started after police responded to Dick’s House of Sport in Latham Farms on Saturday, Aug. 24 after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a large fight at the store.

At approximately 11:57 a.m. officers arrived at 579 Troy Schenectady Road and witnesses reported a group of people striking each other with baseball bats.

Emergency crews responded to the store and located two victims, a man and his son, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries from being attacked by a group of 5 suspects. The initial investigation found that the suspects watched as the victims purchased limited-release Nike Air Jordan sneakers, before assaulting them with baseball bats from inside the store and fleeing with the stolen items.

Police arrested the first suspect, Kyle H. Fowlkes, 19, of Colonie, when he returned to the scene to retrieve a cell phone.

“He thought so little of his actions and thought so little of our response that he walked into Dick’s after the crime looking for his cell phone that he dropped during the robbery and checking what lost and found to see if he could get it back again,” Gerace said. “Our citizens pointed this out to us, [saying] ‘Hey, that’s your guy, right there.’”

On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Colonie police took a second suspect, Lyric N. Jones, 21, of Albany, into custody after an appearance in Colonie Town Court.

Angadi Jones, 19, of Colonie appeared in Albany County Court that Friday for sentencing after a plea deal related to two incidents involving illegal guns. According to the Albany County District Attorney’s office, the sentencing was canceled and adjourned to Tuesday, Sept. 17. Angadi Jones was sent to the Albany County jail to await sentencing. Police arrested and charged him on Wednesday, Sept. 4 for the sporting goods store incident.

Kendryek Flynn, 21 of Watervliet turned himself in to Colonie police on the same night. Both were arraigned by Colonie Town Judge Norman Massry and sent to the Albany County jail without bail.

All are charged with robbery-first degree and two counts of assault-second degree, all felonies, and criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. Fowlkes, Lyric Jones  were arraigned in Colonie Town Court and remanded to the Albany County Correctional Facility with bail set at $10,000 cash, $50,000 bond, $100,000 partially secured bond pending a preliminary hearing. The 15-year-old was sent to a juvenile detention center.

Fowlkes and Campbell made bail and were released, all remaining defendants are in the Albany County jail as of Friday, Sept. 6.

To see the story linking these suspects to other recent crimes in Colonie click here .

The original story is here and Video of the press conference here .

Michael Hallisey contributed to this story

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