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Updated: 10:16 AM Jul 25, 2008
MOST WANTED: Armed Robbery Suspects Caught on Tape
STATUS: UNIDENTIFIED FUGITIVES
Posted: 8:01 PM Jul 24, 2008Charleston Police need your help to catch several men caught on camera robbing a man while he rode his bike to work. Reporter: Mike Waterhouse Email Address: mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Two people headed to work early in the morning last week were robbed at gunpoint on two different sides of the river -- and police believe the same suspects are behind both crimes.
Police need your help to catch the suspects, who have been named Charleston's Most Wanted.
Check out the surveillance video above and/or the pictures below. Charleston Police say a man was riding his bike to work near Washington and Patrick streets on the west side when some people in a car started chasing him.
At some point during the chase, the victim jumped off his bike and started running. When they got into a parking lot near some townhouses, the suspects jumped out of the car and ran toward the victim.
The video shows one of the suspects firing a gunshot into the air at one point.
Detectives say the men caught up to the victim and forced him to the ground at gunpoint, taking his wallet. Then, one of the robbers laughed at him before taking off, according to the victim.
The victim says there were five men involved in the robbery -- and they appeared to be wearing full body clothing and possibly using something to cover their faces.
The suspects' vehicle, also seen in the pictures and video, is a silver two-door sporty car with a sunroof and tinted windows.
Shortly after that incident, police believe the same suspects robbed another man who was walking to work across the river in South Charleston.
It happened near Enterprise Rent-a-Car on MacCorkle Avenue. The victim says the car pulled up as he was walking to work, showed a small black handgun, told him to get on the ground, and then stole his dufflebag.
The suspect was wearing a red, long-sleeve warm-up style shirt and a red headband or bandanna. The description of the car the suspect was riding in was almost identical to the car involved in the first robbery, according to police.
Contact Detective Autumn Davis at the Charleston Police Department if you can help identify the people involved in this crime: (304) 348-6480.
DATE OF CRIME #1: Thursday, July 17 @ 4:30am
LOCATION OF CRIME #1: 1700 block Washington St. W (Charleston)
DATE OF CRIME #2: Thursday, July 17 @ 5:20am
LOCATION OF CRIME #2: 100 block MacCorkle Ave. (South Charleston)
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Just goes to show what type of cops are on the road now days...can't even describe the make of a vehicle. Looks pretty clear to me it's a Honda Accord Coupe!!
wow... this is REALLY bad camera quality..in one of the pictures you can see the car, which is obviously an Honda accord, has the plates facing the camera.... hmmmmmm... zoom in and run the plates there genious... that would be my first step to find the perps.
same description as the vehicle on the drive by it looks like
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