Post by krazykev on Mar 28, 2007 9:44:34 GMT -5
By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
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Coach Sidney Lowe outside the Guilford County magistrate's office as his son is brought before the magistrate. Updated 2:30 a.m.
GREENSBORO — The son of N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe was arrested and charged Tuesday night in connection with the shooting at a UNCG dormitory over the weekend.
Sidney Rochell Lowe II, 21, of 4437 Carly's Way in Greensboro, also has been charged in a home invasion from earlier this month.
Charges from UNCG police against the younger Lowe, a junior at N.C. A&T, are:
* felony aiding and abetting an attempted armed robbery
* two counts of possession of a weapon on educational property
* possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana
* possession of one-half to 1½ ounces of marijuana
* maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance
* three counts of possession of stolen goods and property.
Greensboro police also said they had connected Lowe II to a March 16 home invasion in the 1300 block of West Friendly Avenue. He faces 13 charges tied to that incident, including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
All charges were the result of a search warrant served Monday night on Lowe II's home in Greensboro. Among the items recovered was a semiautomatic assault rifle, police said.
Coach Lowe was seen at the magistrate's office Tuesday night, where his son surrendered in the company of Greensboro attorney Locke Clifford.
Lowe II was released from the Guilford County Magistrate's office just after 2 a.m. Wednesday on $450,000 bond.
Clifford stressed his client is innocent until proven guilty.
"This is a young man who has never caused his parents five minutes of trouble in the last 21 years," said Clifford. "His family is behind him 110 percent. Coach Lowe talks about the basketball team being his family, but this is his real family."
Coach Lowe and his son then walked past a bank of local television and newspaper cameras in the magistrate's office, out to the garage behind the building. There Clifford drove his client past reporters.
More than twelve bail bondsmen were needed to post Lowe II's bail when no area bondsmen could be found late Tuesday to handle the entire amount.
Police said the man previously arrested in the UNCG shooting — Brian Patrick Martin, 19, of 20 Holly Springs Lane in Greensboro — also has been charged in the Friendly Avenue home invasion.
During the incident, police said, thieves took cash, cell phones and laptop computers while wielding an assault rifle.
Greensboro Capt. Gary Hastings said he couldn't say what specific charges Martin faced in the home invasion case.
Martin was charged with attempted murder and attempted robbery in the UNCG shooting Saturday afternoon inside Weil Hall. Investigators still aren't sure what led to the shooting of Stephen Cobb, a freshman from Raleigh.
Cobb went to Moses Cone Hospital with gunshot wounds. Maj. Jamie Herring of the UNCG police department said they had not yet been able to interview Cobb, who underwent surgery Monday.
An effort to get an update on Cobb's condition from the hospital late Tuesday was unsuccessful.
The school is trying to urge students to be more careful about letting people into dormitories, Herring said.
"You have to watch who you let in," he said.
Staff Writer
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Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
Coach Sidney Lowe outside the Guilford County magistrate's office as his son is brought before the magistrate. Updated 2:30 a.m.
GREENSBORO — The son of N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe was arrested and charged Tuesday night in connection with the shooting at a UNCG dormitory over the weekend.
Sidney Rochell Lowe II, 21, of 4437 Carly's Way in Greensboro, also has been charged in a home invasion from earlier this month.
Charges from UNCG police against the younger Lowe, a junior at N.C. A&T, are:
* felony aiding and abetting an attempted armed robbery
* two counts of possession of a weapon on educational property
* possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana
* possession of one-half to 1½ ounces of marijuana
* maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance
* three counts of possession of stolen goods and property.
Greensboro police also said they had connected Lowe II to a March 16 home invasion in the 1300 block of West Friendly Avenue. He faces 13 charges tied to that incident, including kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
All charges were the result of a search warrant served Monday night on Lowe II's home in Greensboro. Among the items recovered was a semiautomatic assault rifle, police said.
Coach Lowe was seen at the magistrate's office Tuesday night, where his son surrendered in the company of Greensboro attorney Locke Clifford.
Lowe II was released from the Guilford County Magistrate's office just after 2 a.m. Wednesday on $450,000 bond.
Clifford stressed his client is innocent until proven guilty.
"This is a young man who has never caused his parents five minutes of trouble in the last 21 years," said Clifford. "His family is behind him 110 percent. Coach Lowe talks about the basketball team being his family, but this is his real family."
Coach Lowe and his son then walked past a bank of local television and newspaper cameras in the magistrate's office, out to the garage behind the building. There Clifford drove his client past reporters.
More than twelve bail bondsmen were needed to post Lowe II's bail when no area bondsmen could be found late Tuesday to handle the entire amount.
Police said the man previously arrested in the UNCG shooting — Brian Patrick Martin, 19, of 20 Holly Springs Lane in Greensboro — also has been charged in the Friendly Avenue home invasion.
During the incident, police said, thieves took cash, cell phones and laptop computers while wielding an assault rifle.
Greensboro Capt. Gary Hastings said he couldn't say what specific charges Martin faced in the home invasion case.
Martin was charged with attempted murder and attempted robbery in the UNCG shooting Saturday afternoon inside Weil Hall. Investigators still aren't sure what led to the shooting of Stephen Cobb, a freshman from Raleigh.
Cobb went to Moses Cone Hospital with gunshot wounds. Maj. Jamie Herring of the UNCG police department said they had not yet been able to interview Cobb, who underwent surgery Monday.
An effort to get an update on Cobb's condition from the hospital late Tuesday was unsuccessful.
The school is trying to urge students to be more careful about letting people into dormitories, Herring said.
"You have to watch who you let in," he said.
