Crime & Courts

Woman accused of looting Jimmy John’s during Charlotte protests

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are searching for a woman accused of looting the Jimmy John’s sub shop at 230 S. Tryon St. during protests in uptown Charlotte this week.

Police identified the suspect late Friday as Savanna Lee Jones and released two pictures of her on Twitter @CMPD.

Police on Thursday also charged three men in the Jimmy John’s break-in. Daniel Baker, 49, of Charlotte was arrested and charged with felony breaking and entering. He was jailed on a $1,500 bail. Additional warrants were issued for Jamil Gill, 23, on charges of felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony conspiracy and injury to real property, and for Dejuante B. Marina, 31, of Charlotte on charges of felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering.

Police on Thursday arrested Ian Bowzer, 19, of Charlotte after reviewing video footage of a man kicking in the doors of the Hyatt Hotel in the 400 block of East Trade Street during Wednesday’s unrest. Bowzer, a.k.a. Logan Bathrick, was charged with injury to real property and is free on a $3,000 bail.

Also during Wednesday’s protest, a large group of people broke into Buffalo Wild Wings at 400 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., police said. Warrants have been issued for Marcellis McKenzie, 30, on charges of felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony conspiracy and injury to real property.

Anyone with additional information on these incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or visit http://charlottecrimestoppers.com/.

Joe Marusak: 704-358-5067, @jmarusak

This story was originally published September 23, 2016 at 9:34 PM with the headline "Woman accused of looting Jimmy John’s during Charlotte protests."

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