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Published Sunday, June 11, 2006 by Vandy | E-mail this post

WESTCHESTER, June 9, 2006 - The 20-year-old son of a Los Angeles police captain has pleaded not guilty to a series of charges connected to the robbery of a Westchester boutique.

Kyle Jackson Jr. and two accomplices were arrested Tuesday in a vehicle about two miles from the Jennifer Jeanne Boutique on Lincoln Boulevard.

Investigators say a store surveillance video shows Jackson and 21-year-old John Rebeiro robbing the boutique. The video shows one of the robbers pointing a weapon at a clerk as the other stuffs items into a bag.

An off-duty Santa Monica Police Department officer spotted Jackson and Rebeiro running from the Jennifer Jeanne Boutique in the 8300 block of Lincoln, according to police.

The officer followed them after they sped away in a vehicle. Police stopped the car and arrested the two men, along with 20-year-old Mallory Katharine Eddy, all of Los Angeles.

A handgun and other unspecified evidence were found in the car. Police say they got away with cash and jewelry.

Jackson and Rebeiro are each charged with felony counts of second-degree robbery and receiving stolen property, with the special allegation of personally using a handgun. Jackson also faces an additional felony charge of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.

Twenty-year-old Mallory Eddy is charged with a count of receiving stolen property.

If convicted, Jackson could face up to 15 years and eight months in state prison, prosecutors said.

Jackson's father, Capt. Kyle Jackson, is the commanding officer of the LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division. He said through a spokesman that his son has no prior criminal record.

The boutique's owner says two employees have quit since the robbery.