NEWS RELEASE 

Contact: Lieutenant Clint Simpson 

For release June 23, 2013 

On Sunday morning, June 23, 2013, at approximately 5:15am, the Eden Police Department received a 911 call from the J Mart #3 located at 904 Virginia Ave. in reference to an armed robbery.  Officers responded to the J Mart and spoke with the clerk on duty.  The clerk stated that a black male came into the store and pointed a black handgun at her and demanded the money from the cash register. The suspect then fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.  A short time later, Officer David Stepps and Detective David Lamberth were conducting a canvass of the neighborhood and located the suspect, Reginald Gerald Wilson, walking on Friendly  Road.  Officer Stepps and Detective Lamberth arrested Wilson for Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon.

 

Reginald Gerald Wilson                                           42 years old

Mars Road

Axton, Virginia 
 

Wilson was charged with Robbery with a dangerous Weapon and transported to the Wentworth Magistrates Office where he was placed into the Rockingham County Jail under a $50,000 secured bond.  Wilson is scheduled to appear in Wentworth District Court on July 10, 2013.  Wilson was also served with an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for arrest for simple assault.   

Anyone having information related to this investigation is asked to contact Detective David Lamberth at 336-623-9240.

 

 Reginald Gerald Wilson