Teens Charged In String Of Convenience Store Robberies

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office, Garner Police, and Raleigh Police jointly solved a string of convenience store robberies that occurred Monday. The robberies occurred at the Garner BP Family Fare Store on US70, the Circle K on Fayetteville Road , and the BP Gas Station on Olympia Drive in Raleigh . All the crimes were committed in less than six hours. Matthew Tyler Lee, 17, and Jamie Truette Smith, 18, both of Raleigh are charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. They were placed in the Wake County Jail under a $1 million bond each.