ABC7: 3 charged [Including Clarksburg HS teen] with robbing Churchill HS teen at gunpoint in THC vape cartridge deal gone wrong

POTOMAC, Md. (ABC7) — Four days before the Montgomery County Council announced plans to ban e-cigarette shops from operating near certain schools, a group of young men allegedly robbed a Winston Churchill High School student at gunpoint over THC vaping pods.

Multiple police sources tell ABC7 the criminal case highlights the seedy underbelly of vaping, and illustrates how many teenagers are caught in the middle of it.

Around 3:45 p.m. last Thursday, Montgomery County Police were dispatched to the armed robbery along Bunnell Drive in Potomac, near Herbert Hoover Middle School. Officers located the Churchill High School student who explained three men in a silver Honda Accord had pointed a handgun at him and stole his Under Armour backpack. The backpack contained $300 in cash, a USB charger, notebooks and other assorted items...

...Montgomery County District Court Judge Amy Bills granted Williams a $2,000 (post 100 percent) bond. The 16-year-old was released from jail that same day and is being represented by defense attorney Esteban Gergely.

Reached by telephone Friday, Gergely stated his client is a "polite kid" with no criminal record. The 16-year-old Clarksburg High School eleventh grader lives with his mother, two grandparents and 15-year-old brother who is an honor roll student. The family home is along the 23000 block of Sweetspire Drive in Clarksburg...

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