Search continues for suspect in killing of theater manager

Police today were continuing their search for a man accused of the shooting death Friday night of the manager of a North Raleigh movie theater.

Police are seeking Anthony Joseph Bimbo, 40, who is charged with murder in the death of Mark Douglas Buhaug, 48. The theater manager was shot while working in the box office at Marquee Cinemas in the Wakefield Commons Shopping Center, off Capital Boulevard.

Meanwhile, two teens also charged in the case asked for court-assigned lawyers during the first appearances today before a Wake District Court judge.

Ryan M. Becker, 19, of 1316 Colonial Drive and Jason Anthony Zilinski, 18, of 5405 Orchard Oriole Trail, both in Wake Forest are being held in the Wake County Jail. Judge Jane Gray agreed to appoint public defenders for them.

It appears that Zilinski is Bimbo's stepson. Court records show that Bimbo and Zilinski reside at the same address, a $284,661 home in Wake Forest owned by Bimbo and Lisa Ann Zilinski Bimbo.

Bimbo moved to Wake County from New Jersey in 2006, state records show. Records indicate he lived in Middlesex County, N.J., until 2005 and worked as a Jersey City employee from September 2000 until June 2001.

On Sept. 5, Wake County sheriff's deputies charged him with breaking and entering and larceny and two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, according to records of the City County Bureau of Identification.

Wake Forest police also have charged him with robbery with a dangerous weapon after a crime that occurred Saturday morning. A Wake Forest police spokeswoman today declined comment about the armed robbery.

Police described Bimbo as white, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and 215 pounds.

Police ask anyone with information about his whereabouts to call the Detective Division at 996-3555 or CrimeStoppers at 226-2746.