14-year-old robs store at gunpoint, takes ‘stolen’ goods to school, NC police say
A 14-year-old armed robbery suspect incriminated himself when he brought the “stolen” goods with him to school the next day, according to investigators in eastern North Carolina.
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The robbery happened Sunday at Kinston’s EZ Pass Tobacco shop, which is open 24 hours a day, police say.
“The store clerk advised that an unknown male entered the business, brandished a firearm, and stole multiple vape products before fleeing the scene,” Kinston police said in a May 11 Facebook post.
“On May 11 … one of KPD’s School Resource Officers identified the suspect from surveillance footage as a 14-year-old juvenile. The juvenile was subsequently located at school and found to be in possession of the stolen vape products.”
The name of the school was not disclosed.
A gun believed to have been used in the robbery was found during a search of the suspect’s home, police said.
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The boy has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping and felony possession of stolen goods, police say.
“Detectives obtained a secure custody order, and the juvenile was placed in a juvenile detention facility,” officials said.
It is against federal law for people under age 21 to purchase vape products, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
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Kinston is about an 80-mile drive southeast from downtown Raleigh.
