Lorne Lynch, a Hollister man indicted on two federal armed robbery counts, will be allowed to continue substance abuse treatments while on pretrial release, a judge ruled in Raleigh Tuesday.

Lynch appeared before District Judge Terrence W. Boyle for a bond revocation hearing with his counsel, an assistant United States attorney, and a federal probation officer present, according to a notation in his electronic case file.

The document shows that the government and his counsel agreed that the government would not seek detention for Lynch and he was allowed release so he could continue his treatment.

Court records filed Tuesday do not indicate when his next court date will be.

Lynch had been indicted on two federal counts last year which are tied to two robberies of the Family Dollar store on Evans Road in Hollister.

Count one charges that Lynch robbed the store by means of actual and threatened force on April 5, 2024 and in count two it charges he committed the same crime the following day.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported at the time that during the April 6, 2024 robbery Lynch, 35 then, was stabbed by an employee.

He fled the store and stole a car. He was apprehended a short time later. He was initially taken to a trauma unit for treatment. 

The first robbery occurred around 8:30 p.m. on April 5. 

Investigation by Sergeant B. Edmondson revealed that Lynch was the suspect in the first robbery, in which he wielded a knife and forced employees to move from one location to another.

He left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The following morning Lynch returned to the same store to commit a second robbery. He injured an employee with his knife but the employee used his own knife to injure Lynch