Three Tyrrell County teenagers were charged with robbery on August 20, Sheriff Darryl Liverman reported.

At 4:20 p.m. Tyrrell County deputies responded to a 911 call regarding a robbery on Scottsville Street in Columbia. Upon investigation deputies determined that the robbery was the result of an attempted drug deal.

Arrested and charged with common law robbery were Kaheem A. Basnight, 17, of Columbia; Kari Pederson, 16, of Columbia; and Kareem J. Spencer, 17, of Columbia.

All three defendants were released on bond, the sheriff said.

Also arrested were Brody R. Bizic, 18, of Columbia, charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and misdemeanor child abuse.

Kathryn A. Winstead, 20, of Columbia was charged with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and misdemeanor child abuse.

The child abuse charge came as a result of the investigation that at the time of these incidents there was a two-year-old child in the car, Sheriff Liverman explained.