Brooklyn — Men in Brooklyn have started a group “We Make Us Better” that is escorting people home from the train station after a bunch of recent robberies in their Bed-Stuy neighborhood. The New York Daily News reports: After a spate of recent muggings and robberies, a group of 20 Bedford-Stuyvesant men started escorting people […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A man arrested Monday night in connection with a string of bank robberies in the Triangle, was turned in by his family, his sister told WRAL Tuesday. Lee Bennett Pope, 37, who has addresses in Garner, Raleigh and Whitakers, was charged with six counts of common law robbery for crimes in Raleigh, Cary […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A man was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with a string of bank robberies in the Triangle, Raleigh police said, and more charges are possible. Lee Bennett Pope, 37, who has addresses in Garner, Raleigh and Whitakers, was charged with seven counts of common law robbery for crimes in Raleigh, Cary and Chapel […]

RALEIGH — Police are investigating two bank holdups in Raleigh and say the second was the work of the so-called Repeat Robber. The first bank robbery was at the RBC branch located at 2414 Wycliff Road. It was called in 11:11 a.m. In that case, police say the suspects were two men. The second hold-up […]