Second suspect in July armed robbery of jewelry store arrested in South Carolina
Southern Pines police said the second suspect in a July armed robbery of a jewelry store has been arrested.
Posted — UpdatedSouthern Pines police said Christopher Demarcus Bethea, 42, from Hartsville, S.C., was arrested Nov. 2 and charged with robbery with a firearm and two counts of second degree kidnapping. He is currently being held in Greensboro with a $585,000 secured bond.
Bethea was arrested with the aid of the FBI and the Crime Scene Investigation Unit of the Horry County, S.C., Police Department.
“The Southern Pines Police Department has worked tirelessly to establish and maintain outstanding working relationships with law enforcement professionals, not only locally, but throughout the country," Southern Pines Police Chief Bob Temme said. "The importance of unified law enforcement relationships and efforts has once again been highlighted in this investigation. It was these relationships that ultimately brought both Gilbert Smith and Christopher Demarcus Bethea to justice.”
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