WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Editor's Note: The video in this story above is a discussion about how High Point police are working to curb crime.
A man stole a woman's car on North Church Street in Winston-Salem Saturday, according to police reports.
The Winston-Salem Police Department said they got a call around 3:11 p.m. about a carjacking. When officers arrived the victim, Taresa Campbell, said she walked up to her car and got in. As she was closing the door, a man approached her with a knife, blocking her from shutting it.
That's when he made her get out of the car. Campbell did as she was told and he drove off in her 2010 blue Rio Geo 5, Virginia license plate VRG1265.
Campbell was not harmed during the carjacking.
Officers noticed the stolen car during the armed robbery that following Sunday.
Investigators said the car was also used in a common law robbery in Winston-Salem as well as Rural Hall the same Saturday of the carjacking.
Officers tried to hold a traffic stop on the car, but the driver refused to stop. Investigators then chased them.
Detectives said the chase ended on US 421 South.
The suspects then used the same car to steal from a business in Kernersville, according to police.
Police said as the drivers drove back to Winston-Salem, officer saw the car on Old Greensboro Road and tried to stop it.
Investigators said the driver refused to stop which ended in another chase.
The car stopped near East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street. The people inside the car ran away but were quickly arrested.
Jose Luis Beltran-Aguilera, Kevin Dwight Miller, Malik Darrion Cuthbertson, Rayquain Lugene Danzy, and Ayana Briasia Smith-Daniels are all facing charges relating to the robbery.
Five people now facing charges
- Beltran-Aguilara is facing two charges for felony flee to elude, resist/delay/obstruct a law enforcement officer, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, careless and reckless driving, possession of schedule II, driving while license revoked, failure to maintain a lane, and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
- Miller: resist/delay/obstruct a law enforcement officer.
- Cuthbertson: common law robbery, felony larceny, two charges for possession of a stolen motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, and interfering with electronic monitoring
- Danzy: common law robbery, felony larceny
- Smith-Daniels: common law robbery, felony larceny
This investigation is ongoing.
Police are looking for the man responsible for stealing Campbell's car. Anyone with any information regarding this car theft is asked to call the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700, Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800, or En Espanol 336-728-3904.
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