Accused armed robbers who taunted victim on social media arrested

Gabriel Monte   | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock police recently arrested two people accused of taunting a man on social media after robbing him at gunpoint hours before. Eric Izaiah Maxwell, 18, was booked about 1 a.m. Sunday on a charge of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony that carries a punishment of five years to life in prison, according to jail records. A juvenile suspect was also arrested and taken to the Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center. Maxwell’s charge stems from a Lubbock police investigation after a man told police Maxwell and another teenager robbed him at gunpoint after arranging to meet with him to sell his smartphone. The man told police he was contacted by the teen on Snapchat where he listed his phone for sale. The two arranged to meet at the Woodspring Suites parking lot in the 2300 block of West Loop 289, according to a police report.The man said the teen exited the hotel from an east side door and his accomplice, later identified as Maxwell, stood in the doorway to keep the door from closing. The man said he handed his phone to the teen, who drew a pistol from his waistband and aimed it at him. The man said he fled to…
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