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Published: 2012-07-13 12:36:00
Updated: 2012-07-13 12:50:37

Posted: July 13, 2012

Two teens charged in Roanoke Rapids armed robbery

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Two 16-year-old boys are awaiting extradition to North Carolina from Virginia after being arrested Thursday in connection with an armed robbery in Roanoke Rapids in which the victim says he was beaten with a handgun.

Donavan Edwards, of Roanoke Rapids, and Sequan Carter, of Littleton, were arrested in Emporia, Va., the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

A third person, Jeremiah Mangum, 23, of Roanoke Rapids, is still at large.

Investigators said that the victim in the robbery chased the men from the Brandy Creek area of Roanoke Rapids onto Interstate 95 before someone shot at his vehicle.

The victim was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for his injuries.

Copyright 2012 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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How does Obama have anything to do with this?? You can cry about unemployment numbers, bad times,etc..but the fact is, these "folks" have been running rampant for YEARS. Look up the depression, it was rampant then too...but, if you tried to steal a man's brood of chickens, he would/could light you up, the sheriff would come by and then call the undertaker, a done deal. The point being, it's the JUSTICE system that needs repair with repeat offenders and making prisons HARD, with shackles on their legs and busting rocks all day, regardless of the heat. Something else..if you try to take a person's things, well..you are taking your life in your own hands, give the law abiding citizen more rights, than these "folks". Prison now, is a badge of honor for some of these folks, the thing is..you need to make it where they NEVER want to come back + their life means NOTHING, when they step on another's property to rape, rob, or believe they are "entitled" to what a working person has earned. Publ
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July 13, 2012 6:12 p.m.
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"They had such great futures ahead of them and they threw it all away. Obamanation" Really?? At the age of 16, they are already pulling gun and shooting other people. What kind of great future will they have?

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Obamanation... I think you should've inserted ( sarcasm ) somewhere in your post...
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July 13, 2012 5:48 p.m.
If Obama had a son(s),he would like these losers
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July 13, 2012 5:28 p.m.
Never have and never will contribute anything to society.
ims1924
July 13, 2012 4:44 p.m.
Send them straight to prison, since they think they are so tough!
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July 13, 2012 3:48 p.m.
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