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Police: Odenton Man Arrested after Robbery near Columbia Mall
Police are looking for two other men who may have been involved in the alleged robbery.
Three men were attacked by three other men and one wallet was stolen near the entrance to the Mall in Columbia after an altercation early Saturday morning, reported police.
Police said three men were outside of Union Jack's near the mall's entrance around 2:30 a.m., when three others approached and demanded their wallets. The men that approached punched all three men after they refused to give up their wallets. Police said the men who were attacked were not seriously injured and did not require medical treatment.
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During the altercation, the alleged robbers stole one of the men's wallets, before the men were able to flee, according to police.
One man, Eric Scott Britton, 25, of Odenton was arrested near the scene on Stevens Forest Road after an investigation, according to police. Britton was charged with three counts of robbery and one count of second-degree assault. Police are looking for the other two men who may have been involved in the incident.
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