A teen girl is in custody, charged with a holdup last month that put a Jefferson County elementary school on lockdown.

Jefferson County sheriff's officials today announced a first-degree robbery charge against 17-year-old Takedra Vernay Booth. She is charged as an adult, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.

The robbery happened April 27 in Center Point at a 23rd Avenue N.W. apartment complex.

Two workers at the complex reported that they had been robbed at gunpoint by someone with a bandana over their face. Three other workers on the other side of the complex reported a similar holdup.

Deputies responded to the scene and set up a perimeter to search for the armed robber. Center Point Elementary School was put on lockdown as a precaution.

Deputies arrived on the scene and watched surveillance camera footage from the apartment complex, which had captured pictures of the suspect. Christian said those photos were distributed to patrol deputies and school resource deputies in the area. Within days, investigators were able to identify Booth as the suspect.

On May 13, detectives went to the Booth home and spoke with her and her mother. Booth initially denied any involvement in the robbery, Christian said, and then admitted it once confronted with the video evidence.

Booth remains in custody with bond set at $110,000.

"To think a teenaged girl could not only conceive of doing this, but actually carry it out is sad and disappointing on a level I can't even describe,'' Christian said. "This was good work by our detectives and other sheriff's personnel involved and we are glad she was shut down before she hurt someone or got herself killed."