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Shotgun-toting robbery suspect arrested

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill Police have obtained a warrant for a suspect in a robbery Tuesday near the ATM at RBC Centura Bank on Willow Drive .

The robbery occurred at 2:40 p.m. when the victim was returning to his car after withdrawing money from the machine.
According to a police report, the suspect, Keith Robert Webster, Jr. of 516 Burlington Ave. in Durham, was sitting in a car parked next to the victim’s vehicle with a shotgun across his lap. The report says he demanded money from the victim and also demanded the victim withdraw more money from the ATM. Roberts then fled in his car, according to the report. He was apprehended later in Raleigh and is in the custody of the Wake County Sheriff’s Department.

Chapel Hill Police issued a statement Wednesday saying the department obtained a warrant for Webster for robbery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the robbery.

Tuesday’s robbery is the third in a series of daylight armed robberies in Chapel Hill in which victims reported being held up by a man brandishing a shotgun.

According to police reports, on Sunday, around 6:30 p.m., two men headed toward Franklin Street through the alley next to the Varsity Theater were held up by a man with a shotgun. About 10 minutes later, a woman parked near the ATM at Wachovia Bank at University Mall told police that another car pulled up next to hers and a man got out, produced a shotgun and demanded money.

In both incidents, the suspect was described as a tall, thin, black male between the ages of 20 and 25.

Police say they continue to follow up on leads in the robberies and ask that if you have any information to contact the Chapel Hill Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 942-7515.

—Staff Reports

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