Myrtle Beach area mom says son’s ‘whole life has changed’ after alleged armed robbery
Two people face decades in prison after police say they robbed an 18-year-old man at gunpoint outside of Myrtle Beach. It’s an alleged crime that the victim’s mother said still impacts their family a week later.
“I feel like I failed him as a parent,” Sheila White said through tears. “I feel so sorry.”
On April 9, Horry County police went to Blue Tree Court outside of Myrtle Beach for a reported robbery. A victim was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of his apartment complex, according to a police report.
The victim said a suspect pointed a gun at him and went through his pockets, the report states.
Officers charged both Jamir Nisil Alvizures, 20, and Camryn Alex Conover, 18, with armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Conover was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on April 11 and freed after posting $2,500 bond. Alvizures was booked into jail on Thursday and is being held on $75,000 bond.
White said her 18-year-old son was the victim of the crime. They were home, practicing social distancing, and her son went downstairs to meet Conover in her car. White said she has known Conover for years.
White went outside to take something to the dumpster and saw a man in the backseat with her son. The man put her son in a headlock, and White didn’t think it was anything more than horseplay.
What she didn’t know is that the man held a gun in his mouth while the pair went through her son’s pockets for $30. They initially took his phone, but gave it back before telling her son to get out of the car, White said.
His face was pale and he didn’t move after leaving the car with his mom walking back to their home.
“He looked like he had concrete in his shoes,” White said. “He couldn’t pick up his feet.”
White tried to give her son a verbal jab about not walking normal, which is when he told her to call the police because they held a gun to his face. White said the car started to speed away and she gave chase hoping to get the license plate. She then went inside to called for officers.
When she saw the people in the car, White said she never saw someone with a gun. If she knew a robbery was happening, White said she would have done what was needed to do to protect her son.
White’s son is soon to graduate from Carolina Forest High School. He is the type of person who didn’t get into fights and tried to help others. White said other friends have asked why someone would do that to him.
Since the robbery, he hasn’t eaten, is fearful and has other psychological effects.
“His whole life has changed,” White said.
This story was originally published April 19, 2020 at 3:14 PM.
