A woman who reported a robbery at a Fayetteville massage parlor earlier this month told the dispatcher the man had a gun and said he was the police before tying her up and stealing money, the 911 call released this week reveals.
Joezzie Rivera De Leon, 35, is charged with second-degree kidnapping, common law robbery and possession of stolen goods in the incident April 1 at Massage & Therapy, 2033 Hope Mills Road, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
De Leon was a detention officer at the Cumberland County jail from November until April, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Lt. Sean Swain said. He said that De Leon was “fired for policy violation.”
A St. Pauls man who worked for at least five months as a jailer for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office was arrested by police earlier this month on allegations he robbed a Fayetteville massage parlor.
Joezzie Rivera De Leon, 35, is charged with second-degree kidnapping, common law robbery and possession of stolen goods, court records show.
He was arrested at 10:48 p.m. April 1 at the Fayetteville Police Department — about nine hours after a 51-year-old female employee at Massage & Therapy, 2033 Hope Mills Road, was threatened, police records show. The incident report indicates the suspect took personal items, opened a register and threatened, implied or showed a weapon.