The Durham Police Department has arrested one man in connection with an armed home invasion Saturday night, Public Information Officer Kammie Michael said in a statement.
Christopher Keith Cook, 33, was taken into custody Sunday afternoon and is being held in Durham County Jail on a $2 million bond.
He is facing charges including assault by pointing a gun, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, first-degree burglary, assault, second-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon and going armed to the terror of the public, according to the statement.
Around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, Cook and another armed man broke into a home in the 1100 block of S. Hoover road in the YE Smith neighborhood of Durham, the statement said.
They held 11 people in the residence at gunpoint and assaulted several of them before leaving with cash and other items.
The other suspect is described as “a light-complected black male in his late teens or early 20s with close-cut hair” in the statement.
DPD is asking that anyone with information on this individual call Investigator A.M. Cristaldi at (919)-560-4450, ext. 255 or CrimeStoppers at (919)-683-1200.
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Two armed men broke into a home in the YE Smith neighborhood of Durham Saturday night.
The men held 11 people at gunpoint in the home, located in the 1100 block of S. Hoover Road, and assaulted several of them before fleeing with cash and other items, according to a Durham Police Department statement.
DPD is seeking Durham resident Christopher Keith Cook, 33, in connection with the incident. He is charged with first-degree burglary, assault inflicting serious injury, several counts of second-degree kidnapping and several counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, the statement said.
According to North Carolina Department of Corrections records, Cook has a lengthy criminal record stretching back to 1992. He was released from prison in January 2009 after serving an 8 year sentence for several drug-related felonies.
Christopher Keith Cook - Durham Police Department
The second suspect has not yet been identified. He is described as a “light-complected black male in his late teens or early 20s with close-cut hair,” by the statement.
DPD asks that anyone with information about either suspect call CrimeStoppers at (919)-683-1200 or DPD Investigator A.M. Cristaldi at 560-4450, ext. 255.
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