Raleigh News & Observer Logo

Knightdale police credit officer’s alertness for robbery suspect’s arrest | Raleigh News & Observer

×
  • E-edition
    • Customer Service
    • Support
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Sponsorships
    • Stay connected
    • Mobile & Apps
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Social Media Directory
    • N&O Store
    • Buy Photos
    • Databases
    • Archives
    • Newsletters

    • Blogs
    • Columnists
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Health
    • Local
    • North Carolina
    • Nation/World
    • Science
    • Thumbs Up
    • Traffic
    • Weather
    • Weird News
    • All News
    • Counties
    • Durham County
    • Johnston County
    • Orange County
    • Wake County
    • All Sports
    • Baseball
    • Canes
    • College
    • Columns & Blogs
    • High Schools
    • NASCAR & Auto Racing
    • NBA
    • NFL
    • NHL
    • Olympics
    • Outdoors
    • Panthers
    • Soccer
    • Schools
    • Duke
    • East Carolina
    • NC State
    • North Carolina
    • All Politics
    • The North Carolina Influencer Series
    • State Politics
    • Blogs
    • Columnists
    • PolitiFact
    • PolitiFact NC
    • Rob Christensen
    • Under the Dome
    • All Business
    • Blogs
    • Columnists
    • Health Care
    • Personal Finance
    • Real Estate
    • Shop Talk
    • Stocks Center
    • Technology
    • All Living
    • Video Now
    • Best-Kept Secrets
    • Blogs
    • Celebrations
    • Comics
    • Family
    • Fashion
    • Fitness
    • Food
    • Games and Puzzles
    • Home and Garden
    • Horoscopes
    • Mouthful
    • Past Times
    • Pets
    • Religion
    • Travel
    • Video Now
    • Arts News
    • ArtsNow
    • Books
    • Contests
    • Dining
    • Entertainment
    • Games
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Nightlife
    • Television
    • On the Beat
    • Happiness is a Warm TV
    • All Opinion
    • Columnists
    • Dwane Powell
    • Editorials
    • Influencers Opinion
    • Letters
    • Opinion Shop Blog
    • Other Views
    • Submit a Letter
  • Obituaries

    • Advertise with us
    • Place Ad
    • Apartments
    • Cars
    • Homes
    • Jobs
    • Legals
    • Obits/In Memoriams
    • Weddings
    • Today's Daily Deal
    • Special Sections
    • Today's Circulars
    • Rewards
    • Photo Store
  • Classifieds
  • Jobs
  • Moonlighting
  • Cars
  • Homes
  • Legals

Crime

Knightdale police credit officer’s alertness for robbery suspect’s arrest

From staff reports

    ORDER REPRINT →

October 21, 2014 10:58 AM

Police credited attention to detail by a patrol officer with the Monday arrest of man they had been seeking in connection with a Sept. 30 robbery at a store on U.S. 64 East.

Deshawn Smith, 26, of 333 Second Ave. in Knightdale was in a Hardee’s restaurant on Monday morning when Officer Patricia Moore saw him and noted his resemblance to the man seen in a surveillance photo that police had distributed after the robbery at a nearby Smoker Friendly shop, Chief Lawrence Capps said.

Moore contacted detectives, who confirmed they were still looking for the robbery suspect, headed for the restaurant and arrested Smith without incident, Capps said.

“Patricia could have easily dismissed her observation as coincidence. Instead, she chose to act on a very small thing that turned out to have huge and positive results. Her keen observation this morning, and her awareness of the case details, are what led to this arrest,” Capps said in a statement.

Sign Up and Save

Get six months of free digital access to The News & Observer

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

#ReadLocal

Smith was charged with common-law robbery, held in the Wake County Detention Center in lieu of $20,000 and scheduled for a first court appearance Tuesday.

Police said when they distributed the robbery photo that the man had a bag from a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts and suggested it held a gun, but the charge police filed indicated they determined he was unarmed.

Related stories from Raleigh News & Observer

HOMEPAGE

More news on crime and safety

May 04, 2013 05:00 PM

HOMEPAGE

Track Wake County crime with our map and database

September 04, 2010 06:31 AM

HOMEPAGE

See Triangle arrest reports

August 14, 2011 04:50 AM

  Comments  

Videos

Police bodycam video released of incident where mom claims weapons pointed at young son

Police investigate reported stabbing in Wake Forest, NC

View More Video

Trending Stories

NC State basketball player Eric Lockett charged with assaulting a woman

February 14, 2019 06:34 AM

‘An angry customer shot me.’ 911 calls reveal panic at Walgreens in Garner.

February 14, 2019 10:38 AM

What’s with NC State’s basketball roster? Update on 3 players who missed Syracuse game.

February 14, 2019 10:45 AM

Wake County commissioner accuses board member of lying, taking credit for park plan

February 14, 2019 12:40 PM

Fact check: Gov. Cooper says there are 30,000 uninsured veterans in NC

February 14, 2019 11:02 AM

Read Next

Mother said police pointed gun at 6-year-old with autism. Raleigh police say watch video
Video media Created with Sketch.

Local

Mother said police pointed gun at 6-year-old with autism. Raleigh police say watch video

By Anna Johnson

    ORDER REPRINT →

February 15, 2019 12:18 PM

Raleigh Police Department released body camera video after a mother claimed that officers pointed weapons at her 6-year-old son and her parents. Police deny they did anything wrong.

KEEP READING

Sign Up and Save

#ReadLocal

Get six months of free digital access to The News & Observer

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

MORE CRIME

Cary man arrested after posting multiple child porn photos online, police say

Local

Cary man arrested after posting multiple child porn photos online, police say

February 15, 2019 11:56 AM
Police investigating Wake Forest stabbing

Local

Police investigating Wake Forest stabbing

February 15, 2019 11:13 AM
NFL players’ financial adviser gets 28 months in prison for fraud

Local

NFL players’ financial adviser gets 28 months in prison for fraud

February 15, 2019 10:21 AM
‘I want answers.’ Jail-death probe reveals missed checks for sick inmates.

Local

‘I want answers.’ Jail-death probe reveals missed checks for sick inmates.

February 15, 2019 08:36 AM
NC officer strikes his wife’s car — then came gunfire, police say

North Carolina

NC officer strikes his wife’s car — then came gunfire, police say

February 14, 2019 01:58 PM
Two charged in shooting death of Durham man in December

Local

Two charged in shooting death of Durham man in December

February 14, 2019 04:49 PM
Take Us With You

Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Icon for mobile apps

Raleigh News & Observer App

View Newsletters

Subscriptions
  • Start a Subscription
  • Customer Service
  • eEdition
  • Vacation Hold
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Rewards
Learn More
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • News in Education
  • Triangletoday.com
  • Legal Notices
Advertising
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Our Ads
  • Place a Classified
  • Local Deals
  • N&O Store
  • N&O Photos
Copyright
Commenting Policy
Report News
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use


Back to Story