FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2007

Drug deal turns into attempted robbery; two in custody

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the arrest of two Pensacola men on charges that they attempted to rob a police informant after negotiating a drug deal.

Cordaryl Leggs, BM, 05/12/1989, 711 Underwood Avenue, Pensacola, and David Lee Hicks, BM 07/23/1988, 1727 Grayton Road, Pensacola, were charged with attempted armed robbery and unlawful use of a communications device.

The complaint alleges that the two negotiated for the sale of 550 Ecstacy tablets for $4300.00 and drove from Pensacola only to attempt to rob the police informant.

Investigators of the State Attorney’s Office and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the investigation and the arrests. Each defendant is charged with being in possession of a handgun at the time of the offense.

Leggs and Hicks will be taken before a Bay County judge for first appearance. Arraignment dates will be set at that time.