Wilmjax News

HIDDENITE, N.C. — Police are investigating an unusual robbery in Hiddenite.

Someone dressed in a burgundy burka walked into the People’s Bank at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, showed the teller a handgun and demanded money.

The robber then took off down N.C. 90 in a burgundy sport utility vehicle.

Authorities are looking into whether this bank robbery can be connected to one in Morganton.

An androgynously dressed person held up a bank there last week.

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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — A March 31st trial date has tentatively been set for a man accused of driving an SUV into students on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

An Orange County Superior Court judge today also denied a public defender’s request to lower bail for Mohammed Taheri-azar from $5.5 million to $500,000 to $750,000.

Taheri-Azar is accused of hitting nine people with a rented SUV in March 2006. He has said he aimed to avenge Muslim deaths at the hands of Americans. Taheri-Azar was 22 at the time of the incident.

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