2 deaf people robbed outside South Boston Burger King

A man is charged with robbing two deaf people at knifepoint in a Southie Burger King parking lot last month, and scaring them so badly that one of them suffered a fear-induced stroke.

Christopher Jimenez-Nunez, 19, of Framingham — who already has a pending robbery case from October — was charged Wednesday in municipal court in South Boston with armed robbery with a firearm, armed robbery with a knife, and two counts of assault and battery in relation to the Nov. 15 incident.

Judge John McDonald Jr. released Jimenez-Nunez on personal recognizance but ordered that the defendant be monitored by GPS tracking and be confined to his home except for work. Jimenez-Nunez is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 9.

The victims, a man and woman, told police through a sign language interpreter that they had been walking by the restaurant when two men walked out of the restaurant and came at them with a knife and a gun, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office.

They say the men violently robbed them, with Jimenez-Nunez grabbing the woman’s hair as he took two iPads from her backpack and the other man, who police say is Chance Morgan, pointing a gun at the man, placing him in a chokehold and taking his Apple watch, cellphone and $200 cash before they fled the scene.

The man suffered a stroke. Morgan has not been apprehended.

“The fear and harm these assailants inflicted upon these victims is reprehensible,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden said in a statement.

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