Police allege 15-year-old held up two Merrick teens at gunpoint

Nassau County police arrested a 15-year-old from Uniondale on July 3 and charged him with committing an armed robbery in Merrick the day before.

According to police, Matthew Delvalle was arrested in connection with an incident on Friday in which police allege that Delvalle and another individual held up two 16-year-old boys on Williams Street, holding a gun to one boy's neck and demanding money and property. Delvalle and his accomplice made off with the teens' wallets and cell phones and fled north on Williams Street on BMX bikes.

Delvalle was charged as a juvenile offender with two counts of robbery, a B and C felony. He was arraigned on Saturday and ordered held on $100,000 bail. His case was adjourned to July 7.