Police: 5 Men Wanted for Armed Robberies Over 7 Months
Goldsboro police arrested three men and were searching for two others in connection with a string of armed robberies over the past seven months.
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Police said that Tyrone Riley Jr., 26, of 1011 Slaughter St., Goldsboro, participated in at least four robberies. Officers arrested Riley on Tuesday after finding him near the scene of a robbery in progress at Hudson Insurance Agency at 320 N. John St. in Goldsboro.
Robert Devince Holloman, 23, of 1728 A Edgerton St., Goldsboro, was also arrested at the Hudson Insurance Agency.
Police said that Riley and Holloman additionally used a gun to threaten and rob a woman at a Walgreen's store on Wayne Memorial Drive on Dec. 10. Police are still searching for a third suspect, Montana Best, in connection with that robbery.
Officers charged Riley with an armed robbery at a Wendy's restaurant on Wayne Memorial Drive on Dec. 1. The robber held a handgun and locked the employees in the walk-in freeze after demanding money.
On June 16, police said three men robbed a Burger King restaurant on North Berkeley Boulevard at gunpoint. Riley has been charged in that crime, along with Perez Donovan McDuffie, who has arrested on July 28.
A third suspect, Javoris Whitted, was being sought for the Burger King robbery.
Riley faces a total of eight charges, including four counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of second-degree kidnapping and one count each of assault on a female and possession of a stolen weapon. He was being held at the Wayne County Jail under a $575,000 secured bond.
Riley received a suspended sentence of probation for a misdemeanor breaking and entering in 2005. He was paroled from prison in Iowa's Polk County in 2003 after serving time for a class C felony. Iowa's Department of Corrections Web site did not list details of the offense.
Holloman was charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one each of second-degree kidnapping and possession of a stolen firearm. He also remained at the Wayne County Jail under a $175,000 bond.
Holloman was released from jail in July after serving 81 days of a 4-month sentence for larceny. He has been convicted on at least two felony breaking-and-entering charges and two larceny charges in Wayne county since August 2001.
The investigation into these robberies is ongoing, and detectives are working on identifying other suspects.
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