Friday, July 07, 2006

THIS WAS FRONT PAGE NEWS IN MY PAPER TODAY....
No wonder I am suffering from migraines. I am much better today everyone, thanks for the love and advice. Yes ~deb that 800mg does a good job, so does a dark room and long sleep. I still have a "halo" headache. You know the kind that isn't there but if you do something strenuous it will be right back again. When I lean forward/back I can feel where it was. BUT!!! Like I was saying, I opened up the local news and this article was the first thing I saw. Makes me sad...
Teen Brothers Arrested in String of Bank Robberies


Police say two brothers robbed one bank in Savannah and two in the Low Country in the past month. Police are charging the boys as adults. We don't know whether they were armed, but they passed the bank teller a note claiming to have guns. They got away with some cash, and now that robbery spree has landed the boys in jail.
Police say the joy ride is over for 13-year-old Baheem Frazier and his 16-year-old brother, Charles Ragland. Police say they robbed the SunTrust bank inside the Kroger on Mall Boulevard in Savannah on June 2.
Frazier and Ragland are also suspected of robbing the Wachovia Bank in downtown Beaufort on June 12 and robbing the South Carolina Bank and Trust on Lady's Island this past Monday.
South Carolina FBI agents released a surveillance picture of the robbers in action, but it was Savannah-Chatham police who broke the case. They started closing in on the brothers Tuesday when they found the white Ford Expedition they say was used in the crimes.
At 2am this morning, they arrested Ragland at Savannah's Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Liberty Street. Police say he was with his brother during the robberies and is charged with being a party to the crime.
Police got the big break when they got an anonymous tip around 11am this morning, which led them to the 1100 block of East 70th Street. They found Frazier and arrested him. They're charging him with armed robbery.
"As far as the motive and what else was going on about why they did this is still under investigation," said Lt. Jimmy Stevens with SCMPD. "When you have a 16-year-old and 13-year-old, it's good to get them off the street for public safety and their safety as well."
Police think the brothers may have had plans to strike again. Both Frazier and Ragland will be arraigned in Recorder's Court at 1pm tomorrow.
Police questioned the boys' mother and released her. Her boyfriend was also questioned, and arrested on unrelated drug charges.
Reported by: Michelle Paynter

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