Stephen Davis, Dave Rochester
April 9. A small business owner, a small financial institution and Crime Stoppers came together Thursday afternoon to recognize ordinary citizens who keep an eye out for wrongdoers.
Stephen Davis walked away with a check for $2,500 from Carolina Telco Federal Credit Union which was robbed back in January. Davis, who with his family owns the nearby HoneyBaked Ham store, spotted what turned out to be the getaway car parked behind the store in The Shops at Fresh Market.
He tipped off police and an arrest was made. Timothy Myers, president and CEO of Carolinas Telco, also presented a check for $500 to Dave Rochester of the North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers.Davis said cars very rarely park where the getaway vehicle—a Chrysler Pacifics—was parked. When Cornelius Police were scouring the area after the robbery, Davis put two and two together and told them about the silver Pacifica.
Detectives later went though security camera footage to help identify the vehicle. Turns out Pacifica was slide seen near the Lake Norman YMCA, where earlier someone had called in a bomb threat as a diversion.
