THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 10, 1995 TAG: 9503100315
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY ANNE SAITA, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: AHOSKIE LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
An Ahoskie man has been arrested in two recent robberies, including one in which an elderly storekeeper had his throat slashed before chasing off the assailant with a pistol.
Charles Tivon Brinson, 18, of the 1100 block of Newsome St., has been charged with robbing a Red Apple convenience store on Feb. 22, and assaulting 75-year-old M.C. Hall during a robbery at his country store on March 2.
Brinson, who recently moved to the area from New York, is being held at the Hertford County Jail in Winton on $250,000 bond.
In the Red Apple robbery, Brinson allegedly entered the store about 4:30 a.m., jumped a counter and ordered a clerk to open the cash register. He fled with an undisclosed amount of money, police said Thursday.
Sgt. S.W. Outlaw, the investigator assigned to the Red Apple case, also worked the armed robbery at M.C. Hall's General Store and noticed a ``remarkably similar'' composite, said Ahoskie Police Chief Steve Hoggard.
Patrol officers J.W. Asbell and Sgt. R.B. Williams also suspected Brinson and assisted in his arrest. ``They were really instrumental in getting us started,'' Hoggard said.
The charges against Brinson for the March 2 holdup include robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill or inflict serious injury, Hoggard said.
Hall, who was cut on his neck with a sharp object before being robbed of about $15, identified Brinson in a police lineup, Hoggard said.
The merchant, despite the deep gash, grabbed his pistol from beneath a cash register and shot once at the robber as he fled on foot. Hall missed.
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