A juvenile court hearing for a 14-year-old boy accused in the armed robbery of a Butler Township drugstore was continued Wednesday until the youth undergoes a mental health evaluation.

Meanwhile, two other boys, including the alleged robber’s older brother, admitted at their own court hearings to playing bit parts in the crime.

Specifically, those other youths, ages 16 and 14, acknowledged they split the loot — cigarettes — with the suspected stickup boy.

Butler Township police charged the teen trio after the Walgreens on New Castle Road was robbed March 12.

The robber, disguised in a paint ball mask and blue bandanna, walked into the store about 6:20 p.m. toting what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband, police said.

The bandit never pulled it but he made sure the clerk saw the suspected weapon. He made off with merchandise but no money.

Several days later, a tip helped lead police to the suspect — the 14-year-old Butler Intermediate High School student.

He is charged with robbery, theft and simple assault.

Another tip led to the boy’s alleged accomplices, both from the township, who helped plan and later share in the spoils of the crime, said police Detective Sgt. David Fish.

The suspected robber appeared with his attorney, Patrick Casey, for a pre-adjudication conference, similar to a formal arraignment in adult court.

But the hearing before Butler County President Judge Thomas Doerr was postponed and rescheduled for April 15.

“We need to have a forensic psychological evaluation of the child before any pre-adjudication conference takes place,” Casey said outside the courtroom. He declined further comment on the case.

By court order, the boy remains at the Keystone Adolescent Center in Greenville, Mercer County.

The youth’s 16-year-old brother and the other 14-year-old at their separate pre-adjudication conferences Wednesday each admitted to a misdemeanor charge of receiving property.

In exchange for the admissions, which is the equivalent of pleading guilty in adult court, prosecutors withdrew felony charges of conspiracy to commit robbery that both boys faced.

Doerr ordered that the 16-year-old stay at the Keystone Adolescent Center at least until April 15 when he is adjudicated — the adult equivalent of sentencing.

But the judge allowed the other 14-year-old boy, who also had been at Keystone, to return home with his mother, pending his April 15 adjudication. The boy will have to wear an electronic monitoring device as a condition of his release.

The 16-year-old’s attorney, public defender Ryan Helsel, and the 14-year-old’s court appointed attorney, Dennis McCurdy, denied comment after the juvenile court proceedings.