Durham men held under $1M bonds following string of armed robberies

Durham police said officers arrived at a Subway restaurant at 2405 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday and were told by employees that two men with hoods covering their faces jumped over the counter and demanded money.

The men forced a female employee to the floor and took an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing, police said.

Several minutes later, police said officers responded to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon near the intersection of House Avenue and Chapel Hill Road and arrested Frankie George Grimes, 23, and Marquize Jerell Knight, 22, both of Durham.

A gun and cash were recovered during the arrest, police said.

Authorities said Grimes and Knight were also involved in four other armed robberies, including:

Knight and Grimes were both charged with five counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, five counts of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and two counts of possession of a stolen vehicle.

Knight is also facing charges of larceny of a motor vehicle and an additional count of possession of a stolen vehicle in connection with the theft of a car on Stone Village Court on March 11, as well as two probation violations.

Grimes is being held at the Durham County Jail under $1,030,000 bond while Knight is being held under a $1,060,000 bond.