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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Pair Arrested In Attempted Robbery


Location: Arenas, 11791 Village Lane, Lewes, DE

Date of Occurrence: Thursday November 17, 2011 at approximately 6:15 a.m.

Victim: Arenas Café

Defendant/Charges/Bond Information:
Courtney A. Clark, 20 of Rehoboth, DE
Theft Under $1,000.00
Conspiracy 3rd Degree
Falsely Reporting an Incident
Released on $1,500.00 unsecured bond

Defendant/Charges/Bond Information:
John R. Hellstern, 25 of Millsboro, DE (Photo Attached)
Theft Under $1,000.00
Conspiracy 3rd Degree
Released on $1, 000.00 unsecured bond on these charges but committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on outstanding capias

Resume:
Lewes, DE- Troopers respond to an early morning robbery at Arena’s Café that turned out to be false.

On Thursday November 17, 2011 at 6:17 a.m., Courtney Clark, 20, called 9-1-1 to report she had been robbed and had locked herself in the bathroom of Arena’s Café. Clark is an employee of Arena Café located at 11791 Village Lane, The Villages of Five Points, Lewes. Initially, Clark stated that she had no idea who the suspect was that robbed her, but it was later determined through the investigation that it was actually her boyfriend, John Hellstern, 25.

This incident started when Clark arrived at work shortly before 6:00 a.m. after being dropped off by Hellstern. While Clark was placing money in the register for the day, a white male then entered the business wearing a disguise and told Clark to hand over the money. Clark then gave him an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency and the suspect fled out the front door.

The investigation revealed the two suspects had talked about this robbery weeks earlier and Clark knew it was Hellstern that had come into the business this morning. It was reported to Detective’s that Hellstern was seen leaving the scene in Clark’s vehicle.

No weapon was displayed or threatened in this case.

Both suspects were processed and arraigned for the charges. Courtney Clark was released on $1,500.00 unsecured bond. John Hellstern was given a $1,000.00 unsecured bond but was committed to SCI an unrelated capias.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maryland needs to build a fence down rt.54 line road. seems like a lot of bad people live north of there.

JoeAlbero said...

How would I get to work every day? LOL

Anonymous said...

Tunnel! "my man" tunnel.

Anonymous said...

With the pull you have they will install a gate for you.

Anonymous said...

this is so sad! People will do just about anything probably for drugs! I know of this girl and Im sure her parents will some how get her off until the next time. shhh no one is supposed to know about this stuff they are a perfect family :/

Anonymous said...

Brilliant plan! How in the world did they get caught? Oh, wait...maybe using the girlfriends car to flee the scene was the kicker. There's always one common denominator in stories like this: stupidity.

Anonymous said...

He worked at Allen Foods in Harbeson Delaware on Route 5.

They always hire the criminal element; like those that run that plant!

Anonymous said...

John Hellstern was wearing a disguise. How could she know it was him. she trusted him and loved him. It's a believably excuse in any court in this country that found Casey Anthony not guilty of murder.