By Shavonne Potts
spotts@salisburypost.com
A second person is charged with last month’s scamming of an elderly Rowan man who believed he and several other suspects were his relatives.
Frankie Lee Williams, 27, was charged Tuesday with exploitation of an elder adult or disabled.
The Salisbury Police said in February the group convinced the 85-year-old man they were related to him. They took him to a bank, withdrew money and later bought drugs. The victim’s car was found at a mobile home park.
Williams was given a $5,000 bond, an arrest warrant said.
One suspect, Wayne Morgan Coley Jr., 31, was charged in February following a 15-minute car chase.
In other news:
Two 16-year-old China Grove teens are charged Tuesday with breaking into a man’s Kannapolis home and taking his wallet.
David Watt Kelly, 4245 First St., and James Bryant Drye, 2184 Sam Broadway Loop, were charged with first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and larceny after breaking and entering.
Kelly was given a $25,000 bond and Drye was given a $100,000 bond. Both were taken to the Rowan County Detention Center.
According to arrest warrants, sometime around midnight to 2 a.m. Tuesday, the two entered the house on Smith Road where Ramiro Pacheco Pina was at home. The wallet that was taken was valued at $905, the warrant said.