Update: Standoff suspect, hostage both charged in store robbery

Standoff suspect, hostage both charged in store robbery:
From wxii12

CLEMMONS, N.C.

Both the suspect and the hostage in a Winston-Salem motel standoff this week have been implicated in a recent store robbery in Clemmons.

Christopher Shane Jenkins, 31, of Winston-Salem; and his brother, Andrew Jovanni Menjivar, 16, of Tobaccoville, were charged in connection with a Jan. 31 incident at Cellular Sales at 2419 Lewisville-Clemmons Road near Interstate 40.

A man entered the store around 6:30 p.m., cut security wires on two display cell phones and fled the store, Forsyth County deputies said. An employee detained the man in the parking lot, but a second suspect threatened to use a gun if the first suspect weren't released, deputies said.

Jenkins was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, in addition to dozens of other charges from Winston-Salem, King and Virginia. His bond on the local charges was increased to $240,000 secured, while he remains held without bond on the felony charges out of Virginia.

Menjivar was charged with one count of felony larceny and had his bond increased to $40,000 secured.

Both appeared in court Thursday and remain in the Forsyth County Detention Center. They're scheduled to appear in Forsyth County court on these latest charges Feb. 27.

Winston-Salem police said Jenkins held Menjivar hostage during a 29-hour standoff that started Monday morning at the Travelers Inn on University Parkway near Highway 52. The standoff ended peacefully Tuesday afternoon.

JUST A THOUGHT:

I thought it was just a press for time, Wasn't a hostage... Everyone in Forsythe co.Drive rRight cause Winston Salem budget got blown on this one. They're going to pull over anything moving to get they cash back up.