A Waterbury man and a juvenile face charges in connection with a series of robberies involving items posted for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

The suspects were identified as William Brown, 22, and a 17-year-old male juvenile, also from Waterbury, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department .

Bessette said in each incident a weapon was allegedly either displayed or threatened during the attempts to steal the items being purchased.

The juvenile was arrested on May 24 and charged with conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, according to Bessette.

Detectives located and arrested Brown on an active warrant on Monday and he is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery. two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degr

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