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Mercedes Dawn Burruss, 20, and Kristian Gage Walker, 19

(Limestone County Jail)

An Athens couple faces up to life imprisonment in connection with a robbery in which a BB gun reportedly was used to take a wallet containing only $1.

Mercedes Dawn Burruss, 20, and Kristian Gage Walker, 19, are charged with first-degree robbery, a Class A felony.

The duo is accused of robbing the victim at a home on Alabama 251 in Limestone County late Tuesday evening, the Sheriff's Office said.

The Athens Police Department received a call from the victim, who was following the suspects after the robbery, according to sheriff's spokesman Stephen Young.

Athens officers detained the suspects in the K-Mart parking lot on U.S. 31, Young said.

The victim, who is Walker's ex-stepfather, told authorities Burruss approached his home and asked to use his phone, Young said.

Once the victim agreed, Walker, who was armed with a BB gun, entered the home with a bandana over his face and a ball cap on his head, according to authorities.

Walker is accused of taking the victim's wallet, which contained only $1.

The wallet, bandana and BB gun were seized from the suspects' car.

"The dollar, however, was not recovered," Young said.

The suspects are held in the Limestone County Jail with bail set at $20,000 each.

Class A felonies are punishable by up to life imprisonment.