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Police arrest one in robbery of Bojangles'; one suspect makes escape
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Published: October 25, 2009
Updated: 10/25/2009 01:10 am
Police arrested a man in connection with the armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant in southern Winston-Salem yesterday.
A business alarm was reported at 5:13 a.m. at the Bojangles' at 623 Waughtown St.
When officers arrived, they confronted Adrian Darell Coad, 22, as he was leaving the restaurant, Winston-Salem police said in a news release.
Coad was taken into custody without incident and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. He is being held on $100,000 bond.
An unknown suspect ran out the back door but was not found.
The suspects entered the business armed with handguns and demanded money. They took an undisclosed amount of cash from the cash registers and office area, police said.
Two handguns and cash were recovered at the scene, police also said.
Hit-and-run victim is in hospital
A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene early yesterday morning in northern Winston-Salem, police said in a news release.
Officers responded to a hit-and-run call about 2:18 at 325 Polo Road and found the victim lying in the parking lot, Winston-Salem police said in a news release.
The victim was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and was in serious condition yesterday morning, police said.
Police were withholding the victim's identity yesterday as they worked to notify next of kin.
Two hurt when train hits SUV
FAYETTEVILLE -- Authorities say two people in North Carolina were injured when their sport utility vehicle got stuck on the tracks and was hit by a passenger train.
Five people were in the SUV when it got stuck on the tracks Friday night in a construction zone in Fayetteville. Four people had gotten out and were trying to move the vehicle when the Amtrak Train hit it about 9:30.
Authorities say a 15-year-old girl still in the SUV suffered minor injuries. The teen's mother broke several ribs and was taken to a hospital.
No one on the train was hurt.
Family of man killed on bridge sues
OAK ISLAND -- The family of a worker killed during the construction of a bridge to a coastal North Carolina town has sued the state Department of Transportation and its contractors for negligence.
An attorney for Jose Montalvo's family filed the lawsuits Friday.
Montalvo was killed Dec. 3 when a beam to which he was tethered collapsed and crushed him.
Attorney Joel Rhine says he questions if there were enough safeguards and oversight to manage the complex $37 million project building a bridge to Oak Island.
A Transportation spokeswoman said she had not seen the lawsuit Friday and declined to comment.
Wright to appeal conviction
WILMINGTON -- A former N.C. state legislator serving prison time for fraud and obstruction of justice convictions is headed to appeals court.
Former state Rep. Thomas Wright is set to appear in Raleigh next month before a state Court of Appeals panel.
A jury in August 2008 found the Wilmington Democrat guilty of felony obstruction of justice for preventing election officials from enforcing campaign finance laws by failing to report campaign contributions.
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