HMPD Detectives arrest man for Robbery.
On Monday, January 11, 2016 at approximately 7:00pm, Hope Mills Police Officers responded to the DMV License Plate Agency on North Main Street in reference to an armed robbery that had just occurred. Upon arrival, Officers found that two subjects forced their way into the business at gunpoint as employees were leaving and stole money from the business. Officers were unable to locate the suspects during a search of the area with a Police K-9 and, the case was forwarded to the Hope Mills Police Detective Division for further investigation. During the course of their investigation, Detectives developed information that indicated Terry Henry Wheeler, 29 of the 5000 block of Roy C Stallings Drive, in Hope Mills was involved in the robbery. On Wednesday, January 13, 2015, Detectives arrested Wheeler and transported him to the Cumberland County Detention Center where he was jailed under a $30,000.00 bond for the following charges:
1 count of Felony Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon
1 count of 2nd Degree Kidnapping
1 count of Felony Conspiracy
Other suspects involved in this robbery have been identified during this ongoing investigation and, more arrests are forthcoming.
Address/Location
Hope Mills Police Department
5788 Rockfish Rd
Hope Mills, NC 28348
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 910-425-4103