The masked suspects who were referred to by police as “The 3 Stooges” threatened employees of a Beaumont, Texas, Popeyes Chicken with handguns and demanded cash just before 9 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, police said. Armed robbery, slip and fall. What is armed robbery? Armed robbery, in criminal law, is an aggravated form of theft that involves the use of a lethal weapon to perpetrate violence or the threat of violence (intimidation) against a victim.