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Fayetteville police make several arrests during weekendTue, 08/26/2008 - 3:22pm
By: Ben Nelms
Fayetteville Police were busy last weekend responding to numerous calls on a variety of issues. Two of those calls ended in arrests for carrying a concealed weapon, battery and cruelty to a child. One of those arrested was 24-year-old Atlanta resident Keith Cortez Blackwell on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, according to police spokesperson Steve Crawshaw. Officers patrolling the parking lot at Fayetteville Fun Bowl on North 85 Parkway in the early morning hours Aug. 23 noticed shotgun shells on the floor of a vehicle, said Crawshaw. A closer look at the vehicle revealed a handgun partially exposed under a front seat, he said. Officers waited for the occupants to exit the business and subsequently questioned the two men. The driver, said Crawshaw, had a gun under the front seat but had a permit to carry it. Blackwell, the passenger, did not have a permit and was arrested. A second weekend arrest came Aug. 22 when Fayetteville resident Wanda Clark, 53, was charged with felony cruelty to a child and misdemeanor battery, Crawshaw said. Fayetteville Police arrived at Piedmont Fayette Hospital after being summoned by medical staff who had observed two cuts around a hand and wrist of a teenage girl, said Crawshaw. The girl, who also had several scrapes on her arms that appeared to be defensive wounds, had been brought to the hospital by her father, Crawshaw said. The visit to the hospital came after Clark and her daughter got into an argument over where the girl was applying for work and over her use of a telephone, said Crawshaw. Clark reportedly hit the teenager with the phone, Crawshaw said. login to post comments |