Granite Falls Man Charged With Committing Robbery With A Knife

A Granite Falls man has been charged for using a knife to commit a robbery.

61-year-old Clayton Eugene Darr was arrested by Hickory Police on Friday, May 20th. He was charged with one felony count of common law robbery and one misdemeanor count of communicating threats. He was also charged with three misdemeanor counts of failure to appear.

Darr is accused of committing a robbery with a knife at a business on the Old Lenoir Highway N.W. in Hickory. According to Police reports, $212 was taken. He was in possession of a “lethal cutting instrument” at the time of his arrest.

Darr was placed in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a $9,000 secured bond. He is no longer listed as an inmate in Catawba County.

Story; Ralph Mangum-WHKY