Two New York City men arrested for November Floral Park robbery

Rebecca Klar
Justice Brunson, left, and Dark Davis, right, were arrested in association with a Floral Park robbery that occurred in November, police said.  (Photos courtesy of Nassau County Police Department)

Two New York City men have been arrested for a Floral Park jewelry robbery that occurred in November, police said.

The men, Darkel Davis, 31, of Cambria Heights, and Justice Brunson, 39, of Brooklyn, allegedly entered Atelier Jewelry located at 10 Woodbine Court on Nov. 11 at 1:52 p.m., police said.

The men drew handguns and ordered store employees to drop to the floor, before going through display cases and taking assorted jewelry and watches, police said.

Davis and Brunson fled the scene at the time, police said.

In November, a woman, Keisha Payton, 24, was arrested in association with the same robbery, police said.

Davis is charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree criminal use of a firearm and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Davis was also charged with an additional count of first-degree robbery for an unrelated incident and was arraigned on Jan. 23 at the First District Court in Hempstead. Davis was held on bail of $300,000 bond and $150,000 cash.

The case was adjourned by Judge Erica Prager on Jan. 24, and again on Tuesday with the same bail conditions.

He is set to appear again in court on March 20.

Brunson was charged with first and second-degree robbery. Judge William Hohauser adjourned the case, and Brunson was held on $500,000 bond $350,000 cash. The case was adjourned again by Prager on Tuesday, and he is set to appear in court again on March 1.

Payton was arraigned on Nov. 12, when Judge Joseph Girardi adjourned the case. Payton was held on $100,000 bond or cash.

Prager adjourned the case on Dec. 20 and Payton’s bail conditioners were changed to $30,000 bond or $15,000 cash.

She is set to appear in court again on March 23.

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