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They were waiting in a parked car.

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KALAMAZOO, MI -- A 17-year-old Kalamazoo boy was arrested Monday, accused of robbing a couple at gunpoint while they sat in their car waiting to meet someone.

At shortly before 7 p.m. Nov. 28, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the area of Portage Street and East Stockbridge Avenue on a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred, according to a news release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

A 23-year-old man and 19 year-old-woman told police they were sitting in a vehicle that was parked in the lot of a local business to meet up with an unknown man to sell him some property, a sale arranged via Facebook.

While the two were waiting, a teen got into the vehicle and robbed them at gunpoint, then fled on foot, authorities said.

Using information provided by the victims and security footage from a nearby business, KDPS officers were able to identify the suspect and a short time later they located him and arrested him without further incident.

The teen is currently being held at the Kalamazoo County Jail on the charge of armed robbery.