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Two Arrested, One on the run in early morning break-in case

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Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a third man who may have been involved in an early morning robbery.

Two men were arrested in the early morning hours on Tuesday, Jan. 29.  It started when Cpl. R.R. White and Deputy J.A. Grogg saw a man running across Robert C. Byrd Drive at 3:20 a.m.  That man was headed toward Gray Road and away from the Venus Lounge.  That man was identified as Roland Suttle.  As the deputies were talking to Suttle, dispatchers alerted them to a robbery that had just happened at the Venus Lounge.  A search of Suttle turned up a plastic bag full of cash and what investigators called a "makeshift mask."

Further investigation lead to the arrest of Roland Suttle and Jeffery Fink.  Both men are from Sophia.  The two were arraigned on charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony.  They were taken to the Southern Regional Jail on a $100,000 bond each.

A third man is wanted by police in connection with the crime.  Deputies are looking for Kenneth Meador, 29, also of Sophia.  He is want on charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony as well.

Anyone who has any information on Kenneth Meadors location is asked to call the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office at 304-255-9300 or people with tips can also call CrimeStoppers at 304-222-STOP (7867).