Southern Pines Police Make Second Arrest in Armed Robbery

As of Thursday, February 10, 2011

Dennis Shaquille Ross

Southern Pines police have arrested a second suspect in connection with an armed robbery at a restaurant.

Dennis Shaquille Ross, 20, of Pinebluff, has been charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Police said Ross was involved in an armed robbery at Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, 10564 U.S. 15-501, that happened Nov. 26, 2010.

He was taken into custody on Wednesday at Brookside apartments without incident. He was jailed under a $100,000 secured bond, pending a March 16 hearing in District Court.

On Feb. 5, Southern Pines police arrested Matthew Owens, 17, of Aberdeen, after a brief chase with patrol officers near Rothney Avenue in Southern Pines. Owens is facing two charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of resist, delay or obstruct a public officer.

He was jailed, with secured bond set at $11,000, pending a March 16 hearing in District Court.

A Moore County grand jury indicted both suspects in the case.

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eflat7 2 years, 3 months ago

Seems like Brookside Apartments are being mentioned frequently in these "arrest made" articles.

teufelhunden 2 years, 3 months ago

Sounds like a hot spot...

TooHot 2 years, 3 months ago

Nice way to start off your life Dennis.

bloomstreet 2 years, 3 months ago

Can someone please tell me at what time did this robbery take place?

Jibbs 2 years, 3 months ago

"Owens is facing two charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of resist, delay or obstruct a public officer.

He was jailed, with secured bond set at $11,000, pending a March 16 hearing in District Court."

Ok, so Owens got 2 robbery w/weapon charges and a resist charge, as well as a bond set at 11-large.

Meanwhile, the guy from Eagle Springs (Kenneth Allen Sheffield) was busted for merely 12 prescription pills and got TEN felony counts against against him with bail set at $75,000. http://www.thepilot.com/news/2011/feb...

theonewithsense 2 years, 3 months ago

10 felonies is much worse than 2 felonies.....what if those 10 pills made it to 10 different people, all ten could have got a slight illegal buzz. The armed robber probably only affected a couple of people and nobody got a buzz! The poor guy was just feeding his family!