03/23/15 — Woman robbed while on city street

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Woman robbed while on city street

By John Joyce
Published in News on March 23, 2015 1:46 PM

A 74-year-old woman robbed on South Center Street in downtown Goldsboro Saturday said the man who took her money put his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun.

The suspect got $3, most of it in change.

Mary Voorhies, a resident of the historic Waynesborough House at 104 S. Center St., told police she was approached after 12 a.m. by a white man wearing a black mask with the eyes and mouth cut out, according to a Goldsboro police report.

He gestured as if he had a gun in his pocket. The man then said he would kill her if she did not give him the money.

Mrs. Voorhies gave the suspect $1 in cash and $2 in quarters. The suspect then fled east on foot down Walnut Street.

The suspect is described as a white man, 6 feet tall weighing 215 pounds wearing a gray jacket.