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Robbins police detail September arrests, encourage holiday safety
The Robbins Police Department released reports detailing arrests and citations for September. Charges range from impaired driving and outstanding warrants to carrying a concealed gun and communicating threats.
Week 1
Garry Luke – (checking station): Charged with DWI, open container, and driving while license suspended for DWI.
Rajiv Appdu – (traffic stop): Appdu was given a citation for speeding and was arrested for a warrant in Guilford County. The warrant was for hit-and-run, reckless driving, an expired registration card and a fake license plate.
Week 2
Mitchel Goins – (traffic stop): Goins was a passenger during the stop and was known by officers to have warrants for two counts of probation violations in Moore County.
Donna Cockman – (traffic stop): During the traffic stop for a rear lamp violation, she was acting nervously, according to Chief Ben Haddock. During a conversation with Cockman, she confessed to having a concealed gun. They charged her with carrying a concealed gun.
Jessica Chriscoe was apprehended on two outstanding Moore County warrants.
Week 3
Erick Kennedy – (checking station): Charged with driving while license suspended, possession of marijuana up to 1/2 oz., and marijuana paraphernalia.
Week 4
Durnell Hinton – (traffic stop): Order for arrest for communicating threats.
Michael Ward Jr. – (traffic stop): Ward Jr. was issued a warning for speeding but was arrested for a failure-to-appear warrant.
Jose Carnello-Sanchez – Vass checking station event: Carnello-Sanchez allegedly failed to stop until officers knocked on the moving vehicle. Haddock said officers administered a roadside test because he appeared to be intoxicated, and then charged him with DWI, open container, and no license.
Rolondo Perez – Vass checking station event: Citation for simple possession of Schedule VI and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.
Timmy Barns – (traffic stop): Barns was pulled over for a fake tag and a suspended license, according to Haddock. Barns consented to a vehicle search and was charged with driving while license revoked, possession of drug paraphernalia, a fake tag, and no liability insurance.
In September, the Robbins Police Department saw fewer charges than in August. Of the 11 arrests, only three were residents of Robbins. As the holidays get closer, Haddock issued a statement. “During the holidays, it’s important to remember to lock your car doors and not leave valuable items and firearms in the vehicle.”
Defendants facing criminal charges are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
~Article by Sandhills Sentinel reporter Curtis Self. Curtis has been writing for Sandhills Sentinel since 2019.
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Two people were arrested in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins linked to a Felony Lane Gang operating across multiple states.
According to the Aberdeen Police Department, officers responded to OrangeTheory Fitness on August 4 after a vehicle was broken into and items were reportedly stolen.
“Investigators began following leads and linked the case to similar cases in Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Foxfire, Pittsboro, High Point, and Fuquay-Varina,” states the Aberdeen Police Department in a press release. “A multi-jurisdictional investigation began, and investigators verified suspects in this case were part of a Felony Lane Gang that was targeting vehicles at gyms across several states.”
Detectives identified the suspect vehicle as a rental car and located it at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Surveillance footage from a bank in Cary helped investigators identify Victoria Tudor, 48, of Raleigh, and Ethan Smith, 33, of Youngsville, as suspects.
Warrants were issued on September 26. Smith is facing charges of felony obtaining property by false pretenses, and Tudor is facing charges of felony conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses. On November 7, officers with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department and the Raleigh Fugitive Task Force located the pair. Both were taken before a Wake County magistrate and received $5,000 secured bonds.
Police said the case remains open as investigators continue working with surrounding agencies to identify additional suspects.
All suspects and persons charged with a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Via Aberdeen Police Department.
Three people were arrested Thursday after Moore County Sheriff’s Office investigators executed a search warrant at a residence in the 100 block of Bell Fork Road in the Heflin Mobile Home Park in Aberdeen.
Detectives conducted the search on Nov. 13 and seized suspected cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana, multiple items of drug and marijuana paraphernalia, thirteen firearms, and more than $2,800 in cash.
Investigators arrested Jose Sanchez, 26, of Aberdeen, and charged him with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance; possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine; felony possession of cocaine; possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; felony possession of marijuana; two counts of maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for controlled substances; and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked into the Moore County Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in district court on Dec.10.
Tabitha Sanchez, 56, of Aberdeen, was charged with felony possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance; and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was held at the Moore County Detention Center under a $5,500 secured bond and is also scheduled to appear in district court on Dec.10.
Brandy Grice, 50, of Aberdeen, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was committed to the Moore County Detention Center under a $5,500 secured bond and has the same Dec. 10 district court date.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Via Moore County Sheriff’s Office.
Two people were arrested in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins linked to a Felony Lane Gang operating across multiple states.
According to the Aberdeen Police Department, officers responded to OrangeTheory Fitness on August 4 after a vehicle was broken into and items were reportedly stolen.
“Investigators began following leads and linked the case to similar cases in Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Foxfire, Pittsboro, High Point, and Fuquay-Varina,” states the Aberdeen Police Department in a press release. “A multi-jurisdictional investigation began, and investigators verified suspects in this case were part of a Felony Lane Gang that was targeting vehicles at gyms across several states.”
Detectives identified the suspect vehicle as a rental car and located it at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Surveillance footage from a bank in Cary helped investigators identify Victoria Tudor, 48, of Raleigh, and Ethan Smith, 33, of Youngsville, as suspects.
Warrants were issued on September 26. Smith is facing charges of felony obtaining property by false pretenses, and Tudor is facing charges of felony conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses. On November 7, officers with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department and the Raleigh Fugitive Task Force located the pair. Both were taken before a Wake County magistrate and received $5,000 secured bonds.
Police said the case remains open as investigators continue working with surrounding agencies to identify additional suspects.
All suspects and persons charged with a crime are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Via Aberdeen Police Department.
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