FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 19, 2015
Southern Pines Police Department
Announces an Arrest for:
Two Counts of Aiding and Abetting a Robbery
Update
The Southern Pines Police Department announces the arrest of Jeremiah McBride, 16 years of age, of Cameron, North Carolina on the above charges.
On May 15, 2015, at approximately 10:00 pm, a male reported to the Southern Pines Police Department that while walking in the 100 block of Crestview Road, he was the victim of an armed robbery with one of the two perpetrators armed with a hand gun.
On May 16, 2015, at approximately 11:20 pm, in the 100 block of NW Broad, Street a robbery took place involving two perpetrators with one armed with a handgun. During this robbery, the victim sustained a gunshot injury to the leg and is currently in stable condition.
On May 18, 2015, the Southern Pines Police Department located Forrest Adam Edmisten in Carthage, North Carolina and placed him into custody without incident for both of the above listed robbery incidents. A semiautomatic pistol was recovered at the time Forrest Adam Edmisten was placed into custody.
On May 19, 2015, the Southern Pines Police Department, with the assistance of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Jeremiah McBride in Carthage, North Carolina. In addition to the robbery charges, Jeremiah McBride was additionally charged based on an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to appear in court to answer pending charges from previous arrests which included larceny, larceny of a firearm, felony larceny, breaking and entering to a motor vehicle and theft of a motor vehicle.
Jeremiah McBride appeared before a Moore County Magistrate and was incarcerated in the Moore County Detention Center under $520,000 secured bond pending hearing on May 26, 2015 in Moore County District Court.
