Faced with flat tire, robbery suspects call 911
HICKORY (AP) — Two men suspected of holding up a convenience store were caught after the police officers who were called to help change a flat tire recognized the men from surveillance videos.
Multiple media organizations reported today that 31-year-old James Jennings of Claremont and 46-year-old Mark Franklin of Conover were charged by Hickory police with one count each of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
They were scheduled for an initial court hearing Wednesday. A jail official did not know if the men had hired lawyers.
Hickory police spokeswoman Libby Grigg said the men called officers because they knew patrol cars carried lug wrenches that could remove the flat tire on their car.
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