BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A 19-year-old is facing several charges after he allegedly robbed an off-duty Niagara Falls Officer in Buffalo on Friday.
It all happened on Delaware Avenue between Cheltenham Drive and Shoreham Parkway.
Police said 19-year-old Dorian Jones of Buffalo showed what appeared to be a handgun before driving off in the officer's Mercedes with his 13-year-old child still inside.
The officer shot Jones. According to police, he was found on Wilbury Place and taken to ECMC with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The child was safely located around the corner.
A pellet gun was also found. Jones was charged with two counts of second-degree robbery and endangering the welfare of a child.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that Jones was arraigned in Buffalo City Court on the charges on Saturday.
Jones is scheduled to return on January 16 for a felony hearing and prosecutors requested that Jones be remanded. Bail was set at $80,000 cash or bond.
The district attorney's office said Jones is currently pending sentence after pleading guilty to charges in three separate incidents involving stolen vehicles.
The DA's office said it filed a motion to request that the court revoke his bail on the stolen vehicle cases and hold him without bail for allegedly committing a felony involving harm to an identifiable person or property while he was released pending sentence on a felony charge. Judge Case revoked his release under supervision and the defendant was held without bail.
