Friday, December 22, 2006

CMPD Arrest Bank Robbery Suspects

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police assisted York County, SC police deputies to apprehend four bank robbery suspects this morning.

CMPD did not get involved with the police chase but they did arrest the four suspects, who are all from Charlotte, NC: Kenneth Lovette Young, 50; Angela Renee Laws, 41; Donshavis Enchantace Jones, 22; and Johnell Porter, 56.

The robbery occurred at the Bank of York, located at 4955 Charlotte Highway in Lake Wylie, SC. According to the York County Sheriff's Office, three men entered the bank armed with handguns and took an undisclosed amount of cash.


A York County deputy spotted the vehicle at Carowinds Boulevard and Highway 49 and followed it into North Carolina. The chase ended minutes later at the Arborgate Apartments off Arrowood Road. All three men and a woman were arrested by CMPD. MEDIC treated one of the suspects after a York County Deputy struck him with his patrol car.

The suspected bank robbers are all repeat offenders. According to NC Dept Of Corrections records, 56 year old Johnell Porter was arrested in 1980 for armed robbery and served 15 years in prison. 50 year old Kenneth Young has been in and out of jail since he was a juvenile. He has served time in jail for breaking and entering, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon & receiving stolen goods. In the past three years, CMPD has arrested Young eight times for various offenses including armed robbery. Source: WBTV Photos by: Jonathan Jones