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Police: Child dressed up as clown to scare people in Roanoke Rapids
An underage child who police say was dressed up as a clown last week has been charged with two unrelated robberies.
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ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. — An underage child who police say was dressed up as a clown last week has been charged with two unrelated robberies.
Roanoke Rapids police said multiple people saw the clown Sunday in the area of Highway 48 and Sam Powell Dairy Road. Police said one victim said the clown stared at him through the window of his home.
On Monday, police identified the child in the clown suit and said he is one of two robbery suspects.
According to WITN, the robberies occurred on July 1 and Nov. 15 and involved a Dominos Pizza delivery driver. In both cases, a pizza was ordered to a fake address, and two juveniles made off with the pizzas.
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