The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, August 12, 1996               TAG: 9608120109
SECTION: NORTH CAROLINA          PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                            LENGTH:   36 lines

NORTH CAROLINA POLICE BLOTTER: ALBEMARLE AREA REPORT ON CRIME

The following information was provided by law enforcement officers to keep citizens better informed of police activities:

KILL DEVIL HILLS

ROBBERY INDICTMENTS: Suspects in last month's robbery of four teenagers from Zebulon, N.C., are expected to be indicted in Dare County.

Kill Devil Hills police have not identified the people who have been arrested, but a spokesman said the names, ages and addresses would be released after indictments are returned.

The suspects, from North Carolina and Virginia, are accused of assaulting two 14-year-olds and two 17-year-olds about 11 p.m. on July 27.

The victims were then robbed of personal belongings, such as baseball caps, shirts and gold chains, valued at $290.

LARCENIES CONTINUE: Larcenies continue to be prevalent this summer in this resort town.

Since Aug. 2, some 13 larcenies or thefts have been reported to police. Common items stolen include bicycles, stereo equipment, purses and cash.

Among the more expensive larcenies in the past couple of weeks was a jewelry box, cigarettes and cassette tape, all worth $2,019. The items were stolen from a vehicle in the North Virginia Dare Trail area on Aug. 6.

Other local thefts included a $600 compact disc player taken from a vehicle parked along Veelee Drive, a $125 radar detector from a car on Tanya Drive and bicycles stolen from various sites.

Larceny and $1,125 in undisclosed stolen property was reported Aug. 7 at the foyer of The Wellington By The Sea condominiums.

``This is an ongoing problem for the past several weeks,'' according to a police report.

KEYWORDS: CRIME NORTH CAROLINA by CNB