dougdirt
06-20-2012, 08:00 AM
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/piedmont/Minor-league-baseball-player-umpire-robbed-in-Winston-Salem/-/10703612/15153596/-/875oxw/-/index.html
A minor league baseball player and umpire in town for an all-star game became robbery victims, according to Winston-Salem police.
The robberies happened between 12:35 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in the area of West Fifth Street and North Trade Street.
Police said two men, one of which was armed with a handgun, approached the victims in separate incidents just minutes apart.
Billy Hamilton, a Carolina League all-star playing in Tuesday night’s game at BB&T Ballpark, was with another man when he was robbed, police said.
A minor league baseball player and umpire in town for an all-star game became robbery victims, according to Winston-Salem police.
The robberies happened between 12:35 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in the area of West Fifth Street and North Trade Street.
Police said two men, one of which was armed with a handgun, approached the victims in separate incidents just minutes apart.
Billy Hamilton, a Carolina League all-star playing in Tuesday night’s game at BB&T Ballpark, was with another man when he was robbed, police said.