Saturday, December 02, 2006

Press Release

Dec. 2, 2006

The investigation of an armed robbery that occurred Nov. 17, 2006 on the UNC Wilmington campus led to arrest warrants being issued for UNCW student Ryan David Mills, 20, of 4500 Crawdad Court, Wilmington, and a second suspect, Peyton Brooks Strickland, 18, of 417 Brighton Road, Durham. A search warrant was also issued for 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive in Wilmington.

The warrants charged Mills and Strickland with armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and breaking and entering of a vehicle for the Nov. 17th assault and robbery of UNCW student Justin Raines, who was robbed of two Sony Playstation 3s he had purchased at WalMart.

Due to jurisdictional limitations and safety concerns, UNCW Police Chief David Donaldson contacted the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department and requested assistance in serving the warrants at 533 Long Leaf Acres Drive Friday, Dec. 01, 2006.

Ryan Mills was arrested at the scene and the UNCW investigation into the armed robbery and assault is on going.

The State Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney's Office are investigating a shooting that occurred during the serving of the warrants. The UNCW Police department is cooperating in the shooting investigation.

Cindy Lawson

Assistant to the Chancellor, Marketing and Communications

UNC Wilmington

910-279-0479

lawsonc@uncw.edu