The Richland County Sheriff's Department announced the arrests of four men in connection with an armed robbery outside Columbia Mall.

The suspects allegedly held a man and his three-week-old baby at gunpoint while they robbed him on May 12 at the mall at 7201 Two Notch Road.

After an investigation, deputies arrested 22-year-old Joey Davis, 22-year-old Thomas Lawrence and 22-year-old J’Lon Martin on May 23. All three men were at the same local home, and deputies seized several guns after a search.

On May 27, deputies arrested the fourth suspect, 19-year old Robert Tramell Williams, and seized more guns.

All four men are charged with armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

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