CAUGHT!
ELMORE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Rasheen Elmore's mug shot from 2007 in Catawba County (left) and Rasheen Elmore's mug shot in Lincoln County from his arrest Wednesday (right). Photos contributed/TCS

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- An 18-year-old Gastonia man is arrested after a
Friday night purse snatching and early Saturday morning chase
in Lincolnton.

Rasheen Elmore turned himself into authorities after detectives
with Lincolnton Police learned he was staying at a residence
near Cherryville.

Elmore was arrested around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Police said Friday night after 10 p.m., Elmore attacked a woman
by jerking her pocket book off her arm. Then, later in the
evening, Elmore and Jeremy Richard called the victim's family,
telling the family the pair would burn the victim's house down
unless they got $1,000.

Lincolnton Police arranged a drop at Food Lion; however, the
two suspects pulled into Raceway and fled from authorities
around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The chase went four miles on
Highway 321 North from the East Main Street exit to the
Business Highway 321 exit.

Richard's vehicle ran off the road and came to a stop; Elmore
fled on foot behind the North 321 Fire Department building.