Two men have been arrested for an attempted robbery reported earlier this morning.<\/p>\n
This morning at approximately 1:50am Danville Police responded to the Hill Top Exxon located at 730 Piney Forest Road for a reported attempted robbery. See Danville Police Department press release dated 6-1-16:<\/p>\n
On 6-01-16 at approximately 1:47 am, the clerk at the Hill Top Exxon, 730 Piney Forest Road, had locked the door to the business while he took the trash to the dumpster behind the business. As he rounded the corner of the store, he was approached by two Black males wearing masks and brandishing firearms. They directed the clerk to unlock the door, at which time the alarm sounded. Both suspects took off running North (towards the Kentucky Fried Chicken). One suspect was wearing a white hat and mask, burgundy coat, long dark colored pants and dark shoes. The other was wearing a dark hoodie, a dark mask, dark colored shorts, black and white shoes and white socks. The suspects were not located and the clerk was not injured.<\/p>\n
After an early morning investigation two Pittsylvania County residents have been charged and arrested for the crime.<\/p>\n
Charged and arrested today are the following individuals:<\/p>\n
Barry Lawrence Martin Jr. 22 years of age is charged with: 1 count attempted robbery in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-58. 1 count attempted breaking and entering in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-91. 2 counts of use or display of firearm in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-53.1.<\/p>\n
Teshawn Obrien Anderson 22 years of age is charged with: 1 count attempted robbery in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-58. 1 count attempted breaking and entering in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-91. 2 counts of use or display of firearm in violation of Va. State Code 18.2-53.<\/p>\n
Barry Martin Jr. is currently housed at the Danville City Jail under no bond. Teshawn Anderson is currently housed at the Danville City jail under no bond.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If you haven’t figured it out, Barry & Teshawn aren’t going to be productive members of society for a long time.<\/p>\n
So, the Register & Bee runs the article on the crime and arrests as expected. They also left the Facebook comments section open by default and the inevitable trainwreck started brewing. One person makes a semi-snarky comment and then the war commenced. I was fast enough to get a screenshot from the self-described mother & aunt before it all got deleted. Let’s look at the calm & rational discourse.<\/p>\n
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Oh my.<\/p><\/div>\n
Oh yeah. That’s some classy replying from the “fam”, eh? Well, the Register & Bee hit the brakes on that comment section very fast.<\/p>\n
If you go to the article now, all you get is…<\/p>\n
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Aww.<\/p><\/div>\n
Well, damn. More coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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