On Wednesday, at approximately 9:47 p.m., the victim was attempting to use an ATM at the 7900 block of Pineville-Matthews Road when he was approached by a black male, armed with a hand gun.

The suspect attempted to rob the victim but the victim was able to flee, unharmed.

The suspect is described as approximately 25-30 years old, dark skinned, medium build, short hair, 5’10” – 6’, 170 lbs.  The suspect was wearing a black graphic t-shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with further information concerning this robbery or the suspect’s identity is asked to call the Crime Stopper’s tip-line at 704-334-1600 or visit the website at  http://charlottecrimestoppers.com.

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In March, a caseworker with the York County Department of Social Services notified police that two infant boys hadn’t received necessary medical care while living with their mother, Shavon Michelle Phillips-Young, 26, and their father, Dustin Shad Ruff, 19, at an East White Street home, according to a Rock Hill Police report.

The boys, police say, were born prematurely at 32 weeks in December.

On Monday, police signed warrants for both parents charging them with two counts each of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to police documents.  York Police found the couple on Wednesday and arrested them.

Police obtained records from Piedmont Medical Center and Tri-County Pediatrics showing that Phillips-Young, Ruff and their sons missed six scheduled appointments over the span of two months, Bollinger said.

They successfully went to two appointments, during which doctors noted that the boys were not growing properly, Bollinger said. Eventually, the boys were diagnosed as “failure to thrive.”

Phillips-Young and Ruff said they couldn’t make some of the scheduled visits because they were unable to secure transportation, according to reports.

Court records show that Ruff was charged last week with possession of marijuana. His case is pending. State records show that Phillips-Young has no criminal history.

The two boys have been placed in foster care.

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Margie Hamm

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A Columbia woman has been arrested after a 2-year-old boy in her care died last weekend.

Police said Thursday that 34-year-old Margie Hamm had been charged with homicide by child abuse.

Authorities say that Ms. Hamm had her three kids in the bathtub along with her boyfriend’s little boy.  Out of anger she slammed the boy’s head into the bathtub faucet.  Her three kids were not injured.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says the boy was having trouble breathing, but Hamm told authorities she put him to bed anyway.

The boy died overnight. His father got home late from work and found his son unresponsive the next morning.

Emergency workers found no obvious injuries, but the coroner said he saw a mark near the boy’s nose.

Hamm told police the boy had run into a door. She was jailed Thursday, and it wasn’t known if she had an attorney.

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Police say a woman posed as a Raleigh resident and cashed two stolen, forged checks at the State Employees Credit Union in Gastonia on May 7.

The woman is described as having brown eyes

and long brown hair. She was wearing a pink T-shirt and driving a gray or silver car.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-866-6975 or Crime Stoppers of Gaston County at 704 861-8000.

Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

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William Ellis

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The man who was originally charged with killing a toddler took the stand Wednesday and singled out the man he says actually pulled the trigger.

Alvin Alexander was arrested the night of the murder and held for more than two months.

He was the main suspect, mostly because of statements by Shariff Baker, one of the men at the center of this case, and other witnesses.  Baker said he was afraid of being arrested himself and told police “what he thought they wanted to hear”.  In October 2010, Mr. Alexander was released, and Royster was charged in the shooting.

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