Docket Watch: Jury Selection Set for Aug. 26 in Glitters Robbery/Murder Case

Three defendants charged in connection with the Dec. 4, 2021 armed robbery of a St. Thomas jewelry store are expected to face trial by the end of August. A fourth defendant in the case pleaded guilty to lesser charges in June and now awaits sentencing.

Defendants Damian Lewis, Junior Marcelo Garcia, and Akenda Weeks appeared for their final pre-trial conferences Monday before Superior Court Judge Carol Thomas-Jacobs. The judge ordered jury selection to take place on Aug. 26.

Lewis, Garcia, and Weeks are accused of acting as a team to rob Glitters Jewelry Store of merchandise at gunpoint. A customer and a security guard were shot in the incident. Fifty-six-year-old Gregorianna Julien, a customer at the store who was airlifted to the U.S. mainland for treatment of gunshot wounds, later died on New Year’s Day, 2022.