Rashad Lampkin
An Atlantic City man who allegedly threatened two people with a gun during a home invasion Monday will remain jailed.
Rashad Lampkin, 35, and two other men are accused of forcing their way into a Brooklyn Avenue home at gunpoint.
Police arrived just after 6 p.m. to find what was described as a chaotic scene, with a victim running and pointing to a silver SUV.
Lampkin ducked behind a black sedan and then ran from police as they gave orders to stop, according to the affidavit read during his detention hearing Friday.
He then hid behind a dumpster, where he was taken into custody.
A K-9 team then found a gun in the street in the same spot where Lampkin ducked behind the sedan, Assistant Prosecutor John Moore told the judge. The serial number was scraped off, with one bullet in the chamber and seven others in the magazine.
“I’m innocent, your honor,” Lampkin told the judge after the decision was made to hold him. “I’m innocent. I’m innocent. I did not enter anyone’s home, I did not.”
Defense attorney Robert Johnson indicated during his arguments for release that Lampkin claimed he knew the female victim and was trying to help get her property back.
The defendant gave a double thumbs up when his attorney said that.
“I believe that later down the road, we’ll find out it’s not him,” Johnson said.
But the state claims that Lampkin was the one who pointed a handgun one victim and demanded entry into the home. He then allegedly pointed the gun at a female inside, threatening to kill her and taking four cell phones, including one from a juvenile inside the home, along with $150 in cash.
Andrey Green, left, and Andrew James are also charged in the case.Andrew James, 36, of Atlantic City, and Andrey Green, 34, of Galloway Township, also were arrested running from the scene, police said.
They are in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending detention hearings set for Monday.
Lampkin was sentenced to probation in September, after a deal that wrapped up several pending cases.
On the day of the armed robbery, a judge had just signed the dismissal of his last pending case, Johnson said.
Lampkin had been taking care of his ailing father, and has support from his mother and fiancée, his attorney said.
But Judge Jorge Coombs said Lampkin running from police was a concern, as was his criminal history of nine indictable convictions, including weapons offenses.
He will now remain jailed pending the outcome of his case.
