RFP Staff
♦ Two teenagers Justin Bret Michael Johnson, 16, of China Grove and his alleged accomplice, a 15 year-old boy, became suspects in late October and were arrested by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office on November 4th for the alleged armed robbery of the Xpress Mart in Enochville on July 21st.
The 15 year-old boy’s case is being sent to Juvenile Court. Johnson is charged with robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons (felony).
Under a $50,000 secured bond, Johnson remains in the Rowan County Detention Center.
The RFP’s July 22nd article on the Xpress Mart armed robbery in Enochville:
“Tuesday at around 2:45 a.m 2 men, wearing stocking masks over their faces, walked into the Xpress Mart at 2720 West C Street in Enochville and held up a male clerk with a pistol. The haul was an estimated $100 in Cash and a carton of Newport menthol cigarettes. Other items may have been taken from the rear of the convenience store. The two robbers disappeared on foot.
The clerk described the robbers as white males between 16 to 19 years-old wearing dark clothing and dark green shorts. One of the robbers sported shoulder-length blond hair.
The Sheriff’s Office brought a k-9 to the scene shortly after the robbery and attempted to track the bandits. The scent was soon lost on Timway Drive where a getaway vehicle may have spirited the pair away.”
Security cam stills:
Justin Bret Michael Johnson:
