The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Thursday, July 31, 2003

Ohio men accused of kidnapping, robbery

By Sherris Moreira-Byers

Herald Staff Writer

About $40 is all two Ohio men got from two 17-year-olds Grove City police say they held up at gunpoint and forced into their car July 21 at a convenience store.

The two -- James "Smoke" Mills, 17, and Cashmere "Cash" Rankin, 20, -- were arrested by Ohio authorities and are awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania where Grove City police charged them with almost 40 counts including robbery, kidnapping, simple assault and unlawful restraint.

Warrants for the arrests of Mills and Rankin were sworn out July 23 after police completed their investigation.

According to police:

At about 6:30 p.m., two 17-year-olds were in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 200 block of West Main Street when a black man with a large scar above his right eye brandished a semi-automatic handgun from the back seat of a car and forced them into the car. A white man with dirty blond hair and a scruffy beard was driving the car.



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