THE 29-YEAR-OLD DOVER WOMAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF HELPING HER BOYFRIEND ROB THE CONWAY VARIETY STORE LAST WEEK TOLD A CONWAY JUDGE YESTERDAY SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE IN DOVER THAT SAME MORNING.

WEARING BRIGHT ORANGE PRISON CLOTHES, RUNNING SHOES AND WITH HER HANDS CUFFED IN FRONT OF HER, SIZAIDA MALDONADO – WHO SAID SHE’S A NURSING STUDENT IN CONCORD AND THE MOTHER OF A 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO’S AUTISTIC – TOLD DISTRICT COURT JUDGE *PAMELA ALBEE* POLICE HAD ARRIVED WEDNESDAY MORNING IN DOVER AFTER HER DISPUTE WITH 28-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH GRANT AND ORDERED GRANT TO LEAVE – BUT HE RETURNED AND WAS ON HER COUCH WHEN SHE TOLD HIM THEY NEEDED TO GO FOR A DRIVE AND TALK THINGS OUT.

CONWAY POLICE BELIEVE THAT DRIVE ENDED UP SHORTLY AFTER 8:30 THAT NIGHT AT THE VARIETY STORE ON MAIN STREET IN CONWAY, WHERE MALDONADO ALLEGEDLY HELPED GRANT BY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR HIM AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SHOVED THE STORE CLERK AND TOOK AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.

GRANT APPEARED EARLIER BEFORE ALBEE AND TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD GIVEN THE CLERK THE MONEY BACK – THAT MALDONADO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE ROBBERY – AND ASKED THE JUDGE TO RELEASE HIM ON HIS OWN PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE.

ALBEE REFUSED GRANT’S REQUEST – SAYING HE HAD A LONG CRIMINAL RECORD – AND SET HIS BAIL AT 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS – MALDONADO WAS RELEASED ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE.

BOTH DEFENDANTS ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN NEXT MONTH.