Anthony Kelly

Interim Chief of Police

Release: IMMEDIATE        Contact: Sgt. S. Strepay, Public Information Officer

Date: April 03, 2017           Phone: (910) 433-1374

Wanted Suspect Apprehended in Florida

(Fayetteville, NC) – Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT), along with members from the U.S. Marshal Service, have located and arrested a suspect in Florida, who had outstanding warrants for 1^st Degree Murder and numerous other felonies in Fayetteville.

Robert Michael Linton (B/M, 28 years of age), of the 4100 block of Jopy Circle, Fayetteville, has been extradited to back to Fayetteville and has been charged with the following:

• Attempted Robbery and Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury which occurred on August 16, 2015.
• Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (3 counts), Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, and Attempted Robbery which occurred on October 13, 2016.
• 1^st Degree Murder for the homicide of Karlos Bembury which occurred on October 16, 2016.
• Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon which occurred on November 23, 2016.

Linton is currently being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond.

Anyone with information regarding the criminal activities of Robert Michael Linton is asked to contact Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).  Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet or by text-a-tip on your mobile device by sending a message to 274637 (in the text box type “4Tip” followed by your message).