A second person has been arrested in connection with a 2017 Myrtle Beach robbery case.
Xavier Christoper Knight, 20, was arrested in connection with the case, according to the Myrtle Beach Police Department.
Booking records show Knight is charged with robbery/armed robbery, assault and battery in the first degree, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Joshua Montreal Bonham was previously arrested in connection with the case, according to an incident report from the MBPD.
Officers responded to the Boardwalk Motel, located in the 2300 block of Ocean Boulevard, around 4:30 a.m. on July 22, 2017.
Witnesses at the motel told officers that around 4:22 a.m., two black men came into the motel office and jumped over the counter. Both men were holding a handgun with their faces covered. One of the motel workers tried to escape out a side door, but the gunman blocked her, the report says.
One of the gunmen held another victim to the ground and demanded cash, but when the victim said he had no money the gunman hit him in the back of the head with the gun, then forced the man to walk to the hotel cash registers and give the robber the money. The police report says the thieves made off with about $2,900 from the registers.
The robbers tried to get the motel worker to open the safe, but the employee told the suspect he wasn’t able to do so. The suspect got mad and left out the back of the motel, the reports states.
