6th Co-Defendant Surrenders In O.J. Simpson Armed Robbery Case

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A sixth man sought in the armed robbery case against O.J. Simpson has surrendered in court. <br/><br/>Charles Bruce Ehrlich of Miami was taken into custody in Las Vegas after a brief hearing

Friday, September 21st 2007, 11:22 am

By: News On 6

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A sixth man sought in the armed robbery case against O.J. Simpson has surrendered in court.

Charles Bruce Ehrlich of Miami was taken into custody in Las Vegas after a brief hearing before a judge who set his bail at $32,000.

Ehrlich's lawyer says he expects to post bail and return to Florida later Friday.

Ehrlich faces the same charges as another defendant _ Charles Cashmore _ who was arraigned minutes earlier on charges including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

Simpson and the other men are accused of bursting into a hotel room last week displaying guns, and stealing autographed footballs and other items from two sports memorabilia collectors.

Authorities allege that the suspects went to the hotel room on the pretext of brokering a deal with Alfred Beardsley, 46, an accuser along with Bruce Fromong.

According to police reports, the collectors were ordered at gunpoint to hand over items valued at as much as $100,000, including football game balls signed by Simpson, Joe Montana lithographs, baseballs autographed by Pete Rose and Duke Snider and framed awards and plaques.

Beardsley, an ex-convict from Burbank, was arrested Wednesday at a Las Vegas Strip hotel on a warrant alleging he violated parole travel restrictions by traveling to Nevada. He remained held without bail.

Fromong, 53, is recovering from a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital.