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Fire & Police Briefs: Two charged with robbery in the theft of money box at Salem Baptist
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Published: November 6, 2009
Updated: 11/05/2009 10:55 pm
Two Winston-Salem men were charged yesterday with armed robbery in connection with a robbery Wednesday night at the cafeteria of Salem Baptist Church, authorities said.
Joseph Lee Boles, 17, of 897 Salem Pointe Lane and Benjamin Ephram Barrett, 18, of 932 Albert St. were accused of using a weapon to steal money from the church, Winston-Salem police said. Both men were patrons of the Wednesday night meal provided by the church.
Police recovered a large amount of the money taken in the robbery.
A man entered the church at 400 S. Broad St. at 6:38, showed a gun and then took a money box and its contents.
The man then left the church on foot. Witnesses said that the robber wore a ski mask.
No injuries were reported.
Boles and Barrett were being held last night in the Forsyth County Jail. Boles' bond was set at $150,000, and Barrett's bond was set at $75,000.
The men are scheduled to appear in court Dec. 4.
Man robs bank on mall boulevard
Winston-Salem police are looking for a man they said robbed a Bank of America on Hanes Mall Boulevard yesterday, authorities said.
A man entered the bank, at 698 Hanes Mall Boulevard, at 12:49 p.m. today and walked up to a teller with a note demanding money. The teller gave the man an undisclosed amount of money and the man left the bank, police said.
The man was last seen running in the parking lot of the Pavilions Shopping Center. No one was injured.
Police described the suspect as a 45-year-old white man, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches, and weighing about 200 pounds. The man had a dark beard and wore a red bandana, and a medium-light green shirt or jacket under a black or dark-colored jacket.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 727-2800.
State lifts license after child dies
APEX -- A home day-care center in Apex is closed while authorities investigate the death of an infant.
News outlets reported yesterday that 3-month-old Eliana Navy was pronounced dead at a hospital Oct. 26 after dispatchers were called about a child who had stopped breathing.
A cause of death has not been released.
The next day, state officials suspended the license of the home day-care center operated by Judy Lucas in Apex. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services found such violations as inadequate supervision of children, exposed electrical outlets and inadequate smoke detectors.
Lucas was first licensed to operate the center in August 2004.
Muslims want probe of violence
DURHAM -- North Carolina and national Muslim leaders want police to investigate whether continuing vandalism to a Durham mosque is a possible hate crime.
Durham's Ar-Rahman mosque was attacked again over the weekend. Windows and doors were smashed and computer monitors stolen.
Someone smashed some of the same windows and doors this summer. Last spring, two men opened the doors during a prayer service and began throwing rocks while shouting obscenities.
Officials with the mosque said that the accused ringleader of an alleged terrorist group occasionally attended prayers there before he cut ties with with local mosques over differences.
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