Members of the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force arrested 19-year-old Jamel Tyree Lunsford during a traffic stop near Lakeside Drive.
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Lunsford is charged in connection with the following robberies:
- October 19 in the 2800 block of Chapel Hill Road - A man and woman were in the parking lot around 10:30 p.m. when three men approached them. The suspects grabbed the woman and took her phone. One suspect hit the male victim in the face with a gun and took his phone and wallet. Lunsford was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy and assault by pointing a gun.
- October 24 at Golden Pizza, 2300 Chapel Hill Road - Three men wearing hoodies and armed with guns entered the business around 9:15 p.m. and took the cash register. Lunsford is facing charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy and kidnapping.
- October 26 at a park on Cook Road - Lunsford is charged with robbing a man at gunpoint and stealing his car.
- November 27 at Circle K, 2322 N.C. 54 Highway - Two men entered the business and robbed the store at gunpoint. Lunsford is charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of felony conspiracy.
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Lunsford was also wanted on robbery charges from the Durham County Sheriff's Office and the Raleigh Police Department. He has been placed in Durham County Jail under a $2.5 million bond.
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