WILMINGTON –– The U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force has made an arrest for a 2014 hit and run that killed the victim.
Edwin Romero, 35, was taken into custody Thursday in Wilmington, according to a news release from the Wilmington Police Department.
Police reported Romero fled to Mexico after the incident and later came back to Wilmington.
Romero is currently being held on a $10,000 secured bond.
The Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force is made up of members from the U.S. Marshals Service, WPD, New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, state Department of Public Safety Special Operations and the Leland Police Department.
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Mother wrestles child from arms of attempted kidnapper
LELAND, Brunswick County, North Carolina (WLOS) A North Carolina woman managed to wrestle her child from the arms of an attempted kidnapper Wednesday afternoon.
Leland Police said D’Vonta Robbins of Leland tried to take the seven-year-old male child near an entrance to Walmart.
The mother of the victim was standing nearby, and investigators said she was able to pull the boy away from Robbins by grabbing the child’s leg.
Officers with the Leland Police Department quickly arrived at the scene and arrested Robbins and said the child was not hurt.
Concern over trend in kids wearing ski masks, carrying butterfly knives and threatening people A trend in kids wearing ski masks and carrying butterfly knives has been identified in Lancashire. Police in South Ribble have responded to a number of incidents involving youths using the weapons in a threatening manner. Officers say the behaviour has caused a great deal of panic in the community as it has not been made obvious that the knives were actually blunt. The police are currently delivering a choose life not the knife campaign to school children in the area and want to take such knives off the streets in conjunction with the campaign.