Thanks to a Beaufort County Crime Stoppers tip, Beaufort County Investigators have charged 28 yr. old Mercedes Bland of Chocowinity, 29 yr. Jackie Ray King Jr. of Grimesland and 42 yr. old Jeremiah Allan Parker of Washington with one count each of Misdemeanor Larceny. Surveillance cameras at Radio Shack in Washington captured the 3 on video when they walked into the store on December 17th and walked out with a DVR camera system while the clerk on duty was waiting on another customer. Both King Jr. and Parker have been arrested. As of this release Bland has not been located. If you know the whereabouts of Mercedes Bland, please call Crimes Stoppers at 252-974-6400 or the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at 252-946-7111.
Lt. Kelly J. Cox