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Published: 2009-05-31 16:42:00
Updated: 2009-05-31 22:15:05

Five arrested after robbery at Cumberland County hotel


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Five people are accused of robbing customers at a Cumberland County hotel early Sunday.

Police say the robbery happened at the Holiday Inn Express, 1706 Skibo Road, Fayetteville.

Lionel A. Telfort, 24; Donald Richard Gianessi, 22; Patrina Renee Corpus, 22; Elena Shenice Delca, 19; and Denae Jiton Blocker, 21, entered a hotel room and stole a laptop computer, a cell phone and a cell phone charger, police said.

The suspects were arrested a short time later at Skibo and Morganton roads, police said.

The suspects are facing numerous charges including first-degree burglary, robbery with a deadly weapon and second-degree kidnapping

Telfort is also accused of threatening the hotel occupants with a pistol, police said.

The suspected bonded out of Cumberland County Jail Sunday.  They are due in court Monday.


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