Police Identify Four Arrested After Armed Robbery, Car Crash In University Area
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Police have identified the suspects as Joey Contreras, 19, John Smith, Jr., 18, Kenan Peay, 20, and Dorien Martin, 17.
Each suspect is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of Stolen Goods/Property, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, and Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon.
Peay is additionally charged with Assault by Pointing a Gun, Assaulting a Government Official/Employee, Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury, Carrying a Concealed Gun, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Possession of Marijuana up to 1/2 Ounce, two counts of Resisting a Public Officer, and an additional count of Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.
Contreras is additionally charged with Felony Flee to Elude Arrest with a Vehicle, Reckless Driving to Endanger, and Speeding.
This investigation is ongoing.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four men have been arrested after police say they robbed a man at gunpoint and led police on a vehicle pursuit that resulted in a crash early Tuesday.
Police with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department were called around 1 a.m. to the 17800 block of Halton Park Drive near UNC Charlotte where they discovered a male pizza delivery driver had been robbed at gunpoint by four suspects and hit in the head with a firearm. He suffered minor injuries.
The suspects fled the scene in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck. As officers continued to respond to the scene, they located the suspect vehicle, which they say had been stolen in Charlotte on Monday night from an apartment complex parking located in the 7800 block of Spindletop Place.
The officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the truck but the drivers refused to stop and a vehicle pursuit began. The officers chased the car until hit a Railroad Crossing-Arm Pole on Graham Street at Atando Avenue.
All four suspects were immediately taken into custody. Three of the four men have been transported by Medic to the hospital where they are being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
A firearm has been located and seized as evidence.
The suspects’ names and charges will be released once they have been formally charged.
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