Deputies arrest two, hunt another for crimes in parking lot

Responding to a tip e-mailed to Rocky Mount police, Nash County deputies on Friday arrested two men accused of defrauding at least one woman in a parking lot. A third suspect is still wanted.

Christopher Conner, 24, and Stacey Len Bryant, 35, were arrested and charged with common law robbery and second degree kidnapping after allegedly forcing a Rocky Mount woman to buy them gas. Police are still looking for Jamie Bryant.

The men were brought to public attention by an alert sent by Rocky Mount police, who had been looking into multiple reports of between one and three men in an SUV defrauding women in area parking lots.

In one such case Wednesday evening, a woman told police said three men in a black SUV pulled in front of her car, blocking it in a parking space as she was waiting for her daughter outside Cracker Barrel. The driver asked her if she had money he could use for gas, and the woman told him she had no cash.

A second man exited the SUV, the woman said, and told her to follow them to a gas station. The second man got in the woman’s car, police said.

“Fearing that she may be harmed if she did not comply, she followed the SUV to the Hess station on English Road while one of the suspects hid in the back seat of her vehicle,” Capt. Laura Fahnestock said in a written statement. “Once at the gas station, the victim used her debit card to purchase $20 worth of gas to put in the suspect’s vehicle.”

Conner, Stacey Bryant and Jamie Bryant are believed to be the men responsible for the Cracker Barrel case.

Police also reported the following:

Assault

• 59-year-old woman attacked in a domestic dispute on the 500 block of East Holly Street.
• 19-year-old man shot at on the 200 block of Delane Drive.
• 42-year-old man attacked on the 700 block of Walnut Street; stolen $100.
• 35-year-old woman robbed and raped at gunpoint on the 2100 block of Toms Trail; stolen, coin purse.
• 19-year-old man hit during domestic dispute on the 1800 block of Vernon Road.
• 23-year-old man shot in leg on the 700 block of South Howell Street.
• 35-year-old man shot at on the 2200 block of South Church Street.
• 18-year-old man punched and bit during domestic dispute at the intersection of East Washington and Basset streets.
• 26-year-old woman punched in face on the 1200 block of Western Avenue.
• 59-year-old man attacked on the 1900 block of Stone Rose Drive.
• 21-year-old man shot in back on the 600 block of Dexter Street; stolen, cell phone.
• 25-year-old woman choked on the 200 block of Kinlaw Court.
• 23-year-old woman cut on the 800 block of Cokey Road.
• 24-year-old female hit in face on the 700 block of North Glendale Avenue.

Residential break-ins

• 2000 block of Vance Street; stolen, TV, laptop and video game system.
• 900 block of North Raleigh Street; stolen, jewelry and shotgun.
• 100 block of Moye Court; stolen, two laptops, two watches, TV, DVD player and jewelry.
• 600 block of Beal Street; stolen, DVD player and TV.
• 100 block of Ashland Avenue; stolen, two TVs.
• 600 block of Marlee Court; stolen, 30 pairs of shoes, computer equipment and clothes.
• 600 block of Greyson Road; stolen, two shotguns, TV, camera and vital documents.
• 100 block of Acorn Trail; stolen, Nintendo Wii and seven bottles of liquor.
• 1900 block of Old Barn Road; stolen, TV and two laptops.
• 1000 block of Paul Street; stolen, mop.
• 700 block of Carson Drive; stolen, TV, earrings and watch.
• 2000 block of Rosewood Avenue; stolen, space heater.
• 600 block of North Raleigh Street; stolen, computer.
• 500 block of South Washington Street; stolen, jewelry and credit cards.
• 100 block of Browning Lane; stolen, TV and jewelry.
• 100 block of Browning Lane; stolen, laptop and collector coins.
• 1100 block of Calvary Street; stolen, two watches.
• 1000 block of Clark Street; stolen, earrings and bracelet.
• 200 block of Hendricks Street; stolen, PlayStation 2 and $25.
• 1200 block of Anne Street; stolen, jewelry and clothes.
• 1100 block of Greentree Lane; stolen, jewelry.

Motor vehicle thefts

• 1998 Ford F-150 from the 1400 block of North Wesleyan Avenue.
• 2005 Honda Accord from the 100 block of Sunset Harbour Lane.
• Hit and run
• 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle hit at the intersection of Raleigh Road and Cascade Avenue.
• 2002 Chrysler Concord hit on the 200 block of Villa Street.

Larceny

• 49-year-old man on the 2100 block of South Church Street; stolen, $20.