Suspicious Food Order Leads to Five Arrests

Charleston Police say a suspicious delivery order led to the arrests of five West Ashley men this week.

On Wednesday an employee at China Fun Restaurant in Ashley Town Center recognized that a delivery order was exactly the same as the order one of its drivers was delivering when he was robbed at gunpoint on Sept. 12, and reported it to the police.

The driver was robbed making the delivery to an address on Cashew Street. The suspicious order on Wednesday was to a nearby address on Balsam Street.

Officers began patrolling the neighborhood and the West Ashley Bike Path, where they caught several men fleeing from the officers on the streets. One of them had a shirt wrapped around his face as a mask, according to a police report.

That led to the arrest of three men:

Jonathan Hymes, 21, of Evergreen Street, is charged with conspiracy to commit strong armed robbery, attempted strong armed robbery, trespassing and wearing a disguise/mask. Hymes is on probation for a narcotic offense.
 
Benjamin Singleton, 21, of Corral Drive, is charged with conspiracy to commit strong armed robbery, attempted strong armed robbery and trespassing.
 
Jo’var Heyward, 17, of Sequoia Street, is charged with conspiracy to commit strong armed robbery, attempted strong armed robbery and trespassing.
 
All three of them are being held in the Al Cannon Detention Center.

Police say the arrests also led to charges in that Sept. 12 armed robbery of the delivery driver for two other men.

Valentino Hayward, 22, of Evergreen Street, is charged with armed robbery in that case.

Jerron Smith, 18, of Sequoia Street is also charged with armed robbery.