RFP Staff
♦ On March 22nd at around 6 a.m. Jimmy Ray Blackwell, 49, allegedly posing as an FBI agent, was reported to make his way onto a woman’s porch in Rockwell, stomped her, and snatched her cell phone. According to sources in the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Mr. Blackwell possesses a lengthy criminal record and was out on bond. The incident took place on Old Beatty Ford Road.
The victim, a 62 year old woman, reported a white car pulled up and a man got out claiming at first to be bondsman and needed to search the victim’s house. When the woman refused, the alleged assailant claimed he was a Federal agent. The victim then told Mr. Blackwell she was going to contact the Sheriff’s Office. It was claimed the assailant shoved the woman to the floor and stomped her head before grabbing her cell phone.
Mr. Blackwell owns a long criminal history dating back to 1981. He was recently released from prison due to previous charges of kidnappings and home invasion robberies involving elderly victims back in 2007. In 2011 he plead guilty to recent charges and received an active prison sentence.
At the time of the alleged porch incident, Mr. Blackwell was on a bond for a charge of Common law robbery in Davidson County. He is currently in the Rowan County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond.
Mugshot: http://northcarolina.arrests.org/Arrests/Jimmy_Blackwell_7422340/
