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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 16:14

Four charged in Weldon Produce robbery

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Four Weldon area men have been charged in the July 24 armed robbery of Weldon Produce Company, according to the town’s police department.

Two of the men were arrested yesterday and one was arrested Monday. The other was served a warrant in jail, Lt. James Avens said this morning.

The armed robbery occurred at 11 a.m. at the company located at 113 Maple St. Two people entered the building, one of them carrying a gun, and demanded money. The men left the company with an undisclosed amount of money.

The police department has been investigating the case since the robbery and was able to make arrests this week, Avens said.

Arrested were Raymond Mills, 19, James Tyreese Webb, 24, Tyrell Brack, 18, and Jessie Webb, 48.

Jessie Webb, an employee of the company, was charged with conspiracy to armed robbery while the other men were charged with armed robbery. While only two of the men allegedly went inside, a third man served as lookout, Avens said.

Mills was already in jail charged with other crimes including break-ins at Weldon City Schools, a case which remains under investigation. He is jailed on $100,000 bond and the rest of the men are jailed under $30,000 bonds, Avens said.

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