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GPD's 7 most wanted

By Jack Stephens
Published in News on July 16, 2006 9:53 AM

Goldsboro police are seeking information on the whereabouts of seven of the city's most-wanted fugitives, including an alleged murderer and an accused bank robber.

Anyone with information on any of the seven is asked to call the lead police investigator or Goldsboro-Wayne County Crime Stoppers at 735-2255. Callers may remain anonymous, and they might be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000, if their information leads to an arrest.

* Basher Elijah Baker, whose last-known address was on Hugh Street, has been charged in a warrant with the murder of Octavius Manley on Feb. 26 in the 600 block of Wilmington Avenue.

The 21-year-old Baker was developed as a suspect after an investigation by police and the State Bureau of Investigation. Police Maj. Jay Memmelaar said interviews of witnesses immediately after the shooting were helpful.

The 19-year-old Manley was found lying in the street at about 6:30 p.m. by Officer William J. Stern. He was rushed by ambulance to Wayne Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Baker was described as black, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 155 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Investigator: Mike Horstmann, 580-4213.

Edwin Emory Scott, 25, of Louisburg, has been charged in a warrant with common-law robbery, the robbery without the use of a weapon, in the June 5 holdup of the BB&T bank branch at 435 N. Berkeley Blvd.

Photos obtained from a videotape taken from a surveillance camera in the bank were shown on four area television stations soon after the robbery. A Raleigh resident called Crime Stoppers to identify the suspect.

Goldsboro and Raleigh police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Raleigh for Scott without success. His mother told Goldsboro police that she thought Scott had fled the area.

Scott allegedly grabbed an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a newer-model, burnt-orange or burgundy Audi car.

Scott was supposed to have been in prison until 2007 in North Carolina after three felony convictions. But he was released erroneously by Pennsylvania authorities after he was brought there from a North Carolina prison to answer a charge.

Scott was described as white, 6 feet 1 inch tall and 165 pounds with spiked sandy hair and hazel eyes. Investigator: Mike Horstmann, 580-4213.

Deangelo Clevon Gaskins, 18, of Biltmore Drive, has been charged in a warrant with armed robbery, second-degree kidnapping, breaking and entering and larceny. He was described as black, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 145 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Investigator: Dwayne Bevell, 580-4218.

Billy Ray Faison, 48, of East Walnut Street, is wanted on charges of breaking and entering of a vehicle, larceny, larceny of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was described as black, 6 feet 1 inch tall and 200 pounds with graying black hair and brown eyes. Investigator: Dwayne Bevell, 580-4218.

Tylon D. Harold, 23, of South Randolph Street, has been charged in a warrant with breaking and entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods. He was described as black, 6 feet tall and 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

Investigator: Neal Lynch, 580-4214.

Travis Byron Mitchell, 38, of Thoroughfare Road, has been charged in a warrant with breaking and entering of a vehicle and larceny. He was described as black, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Investigator: Dwayne Bevell, 580-4218.

Darryl Allen, 18, of East Holly Street, is wanted on charges of breaking and entering and larceny. He was described as black, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

Investigator: Dwayne Bevell, 580-4218.