A University student arrested in March for simple robbery is still waiting for a decision on pending charges from prosecuting attorney Steve Danielson.
Camden Marcotte, 20-year-old kinesiology sophomore of 45 Harding St., Dartmouth, Mass., was arrested March 1.
Officials allege Marcotte attacked an 18-year-old female student who was walking near the the Parade Ground along Highland Road at 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 26.
Danielson has yet to decide if he will prosecute Marcotte on the simple robbery charge.
However, a new defendant has been added to the case file, meaning a second individual may have aided in committing the crime.
If formally charged, the District Attorney’s Office will set an arraignment date, and the case will move forward.
The victim advised police that after the suspect threw her to the ground, he removed her shoes and ripped a necklace off her neck, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
Simple robbery is defined as the taking of anything of value belonging to another from the person of another or in the immediate control of another. Simple robbery involves the use of force or intimidation, but assailants are not armed with a dangerous weapon, according to the Louisiana State Legislature website.
Whoever commits the crime of simple robbery shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than seven years, or both.
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