LUMBERTON A 17-year-old was arrested Wednesday, and an 18-year-old is being sought, in the Lumberton shooting death of a man March 15.
The 17-year-old male is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy with a dangerous weapon and larceny of firearm, according to the news release from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
The juvenile, whose name was not released, is being held in the Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
Warrants for identical charges have been issued for Brendon Deon Jones, 18, of Fairmont, the release said.
Man, teenager both arrested after drug investigation in Robeson County Darrell Austin Locklear (Source: Robeson Co. Sheriff s Office) By WMBF News Staff | January 31, 2021 at 3:23 PM EST - Updated January 31 at 3:23 PM
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - A teenager and a man in Robeson County are now in custody following a drug investigation, according to officials.
Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said Sunday that investigators attempted to stop a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu on Saturday as part of an investigation into recent overdoses in the area of Highway 74 and Cabinet Shop Road.
The driver, later identified as a 17-year-old juvenile, refused to stop and led deputies on a pursuit. Wilkins said the teenager drove “erratically” on the intersection of Highway 710 North and Deep Branch Road, almost causing a collision as he was throwing narcotics out of the window.