Two arrested for attempted armed robbery
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on September 9, 2017 1:31 PM
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Full SizeThe two people wanted for allegedly trying to rob a woman at gunpoint just outside of Mount Olive in August were arrested this week.
Javier Tyquan Gray, 20, of 2801 Warrick Circle Apt. G2, is charged with felony attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Davonta Rasheed Sutton, 17, 308 S. Carey St., LaGrange, is charged with felony attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle.
The men are accused of following a woman from the Walmart in Mount Olive to a side road off of Old Mount Olive Highway and then trying to rob her at gunpoint.
According to a press release from the sheriff's office, the victim drove away from the suspects and multiple shots were fired at the vehicle.
They were arrested after the Wayne County Sheriff's Office asked for the public's help identifying the two men.
Both men were given a $50,000 secured bond on the charge.