NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 19, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
NORTH CAROLINA MURDER SUSPECT NABBED BY OCSO
Okaloosa
Sheriff
’s deputies investigating a purse-snatching Friday night discovered the
suspect is wanted in Duplin County North Carolina on charges of homicide,
robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted
felon.
Roy Rickal Stallings (10-2-1973), permanent address unknown, is being held in
the
Okaloosa
County
jail.
An Okaloosa deputy called to
824 Dawes Road
Friday night in connection with suspicious activity noticed items in a car that
belonged to the victim of a purse-snatching. A man nearby, who matched the
description of the purse-snatcher, identified himself as Lawrence Smith.
However, checks by the deputy revealed that Smith was not his real name. He was
taken into custody for giving a false name to a law enforcement officer. A check
on the suspect’s fingerprints later revealed his true identity - and the
murder warrants issued out of
North Carolina
.
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