No bond for man in mall robbery

PEMBROKE PINES –

A Miami Gardens man, shot last month by a store manager as he and another man allegedly held up a jewelry store at the Pembroke Lakes Mall, was formally charged Tuesday with armed robbery with a deadly weapon.

Marquise Jamaal Wiley, 31, of Miami Gardens, who made his first appearance in court Tuesday, was ordered held without bond. Co-accused Markess Sherman, 31, also of Miami Gardens, remains in the hospital.

According to charging documents, Wiley and Sherman entered the mall on Aug. 14 and walked into the Elite Fine Jewelry store at about 2:13 p.m., where authorities say the masked men robbed the store at gunpoint.

Wiley smashed the glass display cases with a footlong, 16-ounce claw hammer and Sherman scooped up the jewelry, according to an arrest report.

As employees ran and hid, the store’s manager pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired a total of five shots at both assailants, the report stated.

Both Wiley and Sherman were wounded, but managed to flee the store before collapsing in the mall concourse. Shoppers called 911, and Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue took the men to Memorial Regional Hospital, where they were later arrested.

Additional review of the store’s surveillance video showed two men, identified by authorities as Wiley and Sherman, in the store a day prior to the robbery. The men browsed the store and told store employees that they would return the next day, investigators said.

The store manager told detectives that he was afraid for his life and the safety of fellow employees when he fired at the suspects. Police confirmed he had a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon. He was not charged.