WFMY
August 7, 2015
Police found the body of Larry Eugene Brown on Greenbriar Road – just off N. Church St. – July 29. Investigators say Brown was robbed and assaulted, around 5:30 a.m., while walking to the bus stop. He suffered, what police call, “significant” blunt force trauma to his head and died from his injuries.
Police say they received a Crime Stoppers tip that led to the arrest of 17-year-old D’Angelo Matthews. He is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Matthews, a rising junior at Page High School, was 16 at the time of the murder and turned 17 Wednesday. He spent his birthday in court as he made his first appearance, via closed-circuit television, at the Guilford County Courthouse. A judge issued Matthews a court-appointed attorney, and did not set a bond for the suspect.
His next court date is September 3.
Police also charged two juveniles, a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Police said all three suspects are in custody.
Capt. Mike Richey, with the Greensboro Police Department, told WFMY News 2 the three teenagers were driving down the road when they decided to attack and rob Brown. Richey says the teenagers stole items of “minimum value.”
Richey also said the department is investigating the group’s possible connection to vandalism and petty theft in the area.