Editor’s note: As we approach 2013, we’re taking a look back at our top stories of 2012. From Friday, Dec. 28, through New Year’s Day, we will publish the top 20 stories since Port City Daily’s launch in September. Port City Daily’s top stories were determined by readership. The story below was first published Dec. 17.
Four suspects have been arrested and charged with the murder and armed robbery of a Cape Fear Community College student.
Three men and one woman have been arrested for the robbery and shooting death of 19-year-old Joshua Todd Proutey, a CFCC student from Clayton, who was found shot to death outside the Hannah Block Community Arts Center on Second Street in downtown Wilmington early Friday morning.
According to court records, Christopher Daniel Cromartie, 23, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Jasmine Nichole Dottin, 19, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to court records. Dottin also faces an outstanding failure to appear charge.
Quintel Raheem Grady, 22, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to court records. Grady is a Cape Fear Community College Student, who attended classes four days a week, according to prosecutors.
Daniel Edward Henry, a 17-year-old Ashley High School student, has also been charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to court records.
All four suspects made their first court appearances before District Judge Rebecca Blackmore in New Hanover County District Court on Monday. District Attorney Ben David said in court the suspects stole a Samsung cell phone, wallet, sandwich and $10 from Proutey.
Cromartie, Grady and Dottin are being held with no bond. Henry was given a $2 million bond.
Wilmington Police Department Cpl. Kevin Smith said police found Proutey at about 12:40 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the parking lot near the Community Arts Center, where Proutey had worked Thursday evening.
Proutey was completing his first semester in a college transfer program at Cape Fear Community College, according to an email to area officials from the school.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this extremely difficult time,” said David Hardin, public information officer for Cape Fear Community College. Hardin said college officials would reach out to Proutey’s family privately.
