Burlington, NC – A vehicle wanted by Burlington Police for shooting at Huffs Shell Station on Maple Avenue in Burlington was detained by Hillsborough Police, and North Carolina Highway Patrol at another convenience store off of NC86 North in Orange County.

UPDATE! 

ON 7-17-2007 AT 1434 HOURS ROBERT FLACK, B/M/19, OF 2322 APT 26 LAVISTA DRIVE, BURLINGTON, ENTERED THE HUFF’S INTERSTATE TEXACO AT 2562 E. MAPLE AVE. AND SAID HE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG.  HE WAS BEING TREATED AT THE ALAMANCE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT THE TIME OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.

THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE IS A BLACK MALE, IN HIS 20’S, APPRX. 6’0”, 250-280 LBS, ROUND FACE, POSSIBLY HAVING BRAIDS IN HIS HAIR, WEARING A GREEN T-SHIRT, AND DARK COLORED SWEAT PANTS WITH THE LEGS EITHER CUT OFF OR ROLLED UP.  HIS APPEARANCE WAS DESCRIBED AS “DIRTY”. 

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE ROADWAY INSIDE OF A RED NISSAN ALTIMA BEING DRIVEN BY CALVIN RAY STOKES, B/M/21, ALSO OF LAVISTA DRIVE.  AFTER THE SUSPECT SHOT FLACK, HE POINTED THE GUN AT THE DRIVER AND FORCED HIM TO DRIVE TO THE CHAPEL HILL AREA OF ORANGE COUNTY OR POSSIBLY DURHAM.  BOTH FLACK, AND ANOTHER PASSENGER IDENTIFIED AS SHERMAN WITHERS, B/M/20, OF BURLINGTON, FLED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS MOVING AND STILL IN BURLINGTON.

STOKES WAS RELEASED BY THE SUSPECT WHEN HE EXITED THE CAR IN ORANGE OR DURHAM COUNTY.  ATTACHED ARE SURVEILANCE PICTURES MADE OF THE SUSPECT MAKING AN EARLIER PURCHASE IN THE STORE.

ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THIS SUBJECT SHOULD CALL THE BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AT (336) 229-3500 OR CRIMESTOPPERS AT (336 )229-7100.

THE INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE DRIVER OF A WHITE VEHICLE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK OR SIDESWIPED BY THIS RED NISSAN ALTIMA ON MAPLE AVE. AT THE TIME OF THIS SHOOTING AND KIDNAPPING.  THE DRIVER IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE BURLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DUE TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE INCIDENT.

FINAL UPDATE

 The suspect in this case has been identified as Jasmond Jevon Rogers, B/M/28, of Durham.  After committing the assault and kidnapping in Burlington, he committed other crimes in Durham.  With assistance from citizens alerting Durham Police to his location, the Durham Police Department’s S.E.T. Team took him into custody just after midnight on July 18, 2007 at a hotel.

Jasmond Jevon Rogers had an outstanding warrant for 1^st Degree Murder from a drive-by shooting which occurred last month in Durham.  The Durham Police Department had been searching for Rogers since he was identified in that homicide.

Charges of Assault With A Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury and Kidnapping will be taken to the next grand jury in Alamance County for the Burlington case.