William Leslie Baptiste, 20, was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon

William Leslie Baptiste, 20, was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and placed on a $40,000 secured bond, according to police spokeswoman Lucy Crockett and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office. Baptiste was convicted on several counts of larceny, credit card theft and fraud earlier this year, according to the N.C. Offender Database.Baptiste is now accused of robbing a male victim at gunpoint at the Krispy Kreme at 2822 S. College Road, Crockett said. The incident happened shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, and “before calling for help, the victim followed the robber’s vehicle, a white van, to an apartment complex in the 4500 block of Staffordshire Drive,” the police spokeswoman said. The victim left, and Wilmington police officers responded to the scene, she added.“Officers located the parked van, engine still warm, and spotted a handgun in plain view between the driver and front passenger seats,” Crockett said, adding that the handgun they recovered had been reported stolen in New Hanover County in 2004.

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