HOLLYWOOD, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A South Florida robbery case moved forward this week after Hollywood Police arrested an 18-year-old man described by the department as a suspect in multiple recent burglaries and robberies on the east side of the city.
Mahkah Clermont, 18, was taken into custody April 1 in the 1600 block of Wilson Street after Hollywood Police officers and members of the department’s SWAT team carried out the arrest. Police said Clermont was booked on a charge of attempted strong-arm robbery. Additional charges are pending.
The arrest was carried out on a warrant issued the same day. Court paperwork shows the warrant was signed April 1 by Circuit Judge Tim Bailey after an application submitted by Hollywood Police Detective Brittany Blanco. The warrant names Clermont and lists the charge as attempted strong-arm robbery under Florida law.
The allegation in the warrant is specific. It states Clermont attempted to forcibly grab a victim’s backpack from the person carrying it, with the stated intent to commit robbery. The warrant sets Clermont’s bond on that count at $25,000.
That charge is the one now formally attached to the arrest. Police also made clear in a public records media release dated April 2 that Clermont remains under investigation in what the department described as multiple recent burglaries and robberies in east Hollywood. The release does not identify the other cases, victims, or locations tied to those pending counts.
The arrest itself happened in Broward County, but the case stands out more broadly across South Florida because of the way Hollywood Police handled it. The department used both patrol officers and SWAT personnel, a signal that authorities treated Clermont as a priority arrest target once the warrant had been issued.
The distinction between the arrest and the larger investigation matters here. As of the documents released so far, Clermont has been arrested on the attempted strong-arm robbery count named in the warrant. The other possible counts referenced by Hollywood Police have not yet been laid out in the public release.
For residents following the case, the next step is likely the filing of any additional charges or the release of more detailed probable cause information in court records. A judge has already found probable cause for the attempted robbery count, which is what allowed the warrant to be issued. From here, prosecutors and police can continue building out any related cases they believe are connected.
The available records do not provide a defense statement, and they do not spell out whether Clermont has counsel at this stage. They also do not include more narrative detail about the alleged attempted robbery beyond the claim that he tried to grab a backpack from the victim.
What residents should know now is straightforward: Hollywood Police say the arrest is connected to a series of recent property and robbery cases on the city’s east side, one charge has already been filed through an arrest warrant, and more charges may still be added as the investigation continues.
That means this is not necessarily the end of the case. It is the point where a public investigation, at least in part, has moved into the court system.
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