Raleigh police investigating whether 7 robberies on Monday were related

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Raleigh police investigate whether 7 robberies on Monday were related
Raleigh police are investigating a series of robberies that happened Monday afternoon into the overnight hours.

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Raleigh police are investigating a series of robberies that happened Monday afternoon into the overnight hours.



Seven robberies were reported in that time frame, officials said.



In each one, Raleigh police said a person was robbed.



The first one happened at 12:51 p.m. in the 1000 block of Carolina Pines Avenue. About 40 minutes later, another one occurred in the 1300 block of Carolina Pines Avenue.



The others were reported as follows:



  • 5:11 p.m. in the 900 block of Southgate Dr.
  • 7:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of Burgess Ct.
  • 7:27 p.m. in the 300 block of Oak Run Dr.
  • 8:44 p.m. in the 500 block of Schenley Dr.
  • 11:16 p.m. in the 2600 block of New Hope Church Rd.


Detectives are trying to figure out how many of them were related.



NC State also sent out a WolfAlert Monday night. It said that, at 7:30 p.m., there was an attempted armed robbery at McKimmon Center.



It involved three men in a Honda Civic, one of whom was wearing a face mask.



The university said the man in the back of the car got out with a gun and pointed it at a woman.



She screamed and ran away.

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