Nicholas Dwayne McKey, 31, reportedly appeared at the Fairway One Stop on South Broad Street in Winston-Salem at a little before 11 p.m. on Nov. 14 and displayed what is described as a long gun. McKey is said to have demanded money, but instead ended up taking several grocery items from the store and then fleeing on foot.

Winston-Salem police responded to Salem Baptist Church on Broad Street after receiving a call of armed robbery. Upon arrival it was determined that while church personnel were serving dinner in the cafeteria on the evening of Nov. 4, a black man between 18 and 25 wearing an orange or yellow shirt and black ski mask came in with a handgun and robbed them of a money box and its contents.

The best and worst of Triad area police blotters, as compiled by David McGee Home-invasion robbery Winston-Salem police responded to a home invasion and shooting report at 280 Vista Court on Halloween day.

Greensboro police responded to a report of attempted burglary at 1808 Belcrest Ave. on Sunday after a neighbor said a black woman was seen trying to pry open a window and then breaking it with a brick. When the neighbor approached, the woman fled and was later apprehended at the corner of Florida and Larkin Streets.

During the weekend of Oct. 10 and 11, three women reported a black male between 40 and 50 years old, approximately 200 pounds and between 5'10" and 6' exposing himself to them along the Battleground Park and Guilford Military Park trails. One victim reported being grabbed, but not injured in an encounter.

A poker match with about 30 players was underway in a building behind a house on Griffith Road in Winston-Salem at about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 when three young black men armed with a short shotgun, a revolver and a semi-automatic weapon arrived. Two of the men entered through the front, and one through the side door.

An armed suspect approached Christopher Henderson, an employee of TJ's Deli, in the 5000 block of Country Club Road around 11 p.m. on Sunday and demanded money.

The Winston-Salem Police Department, along with the fire department and Forsyth County EMS, reportedly responded to a security check near the intersection of 8 th and North Trade streets in the early afternoon of Sept. 21 upon receiving a report about a woman lying on top of a billboard.

Greensboro police arrested Raymond Jones, 21, Cal Drumgoole, 18, and a juvenile suspect after responding to a breaking-and-entering call in the Rehobeth Oaks Court area around 3 p.m. on Sept. 16. Officers spotted the suspects' vehicle as it was leaving the area, and unsuccessfully attempted a stop.

Winston-Salem police reportedly received information indicating Stephanie Matlock, 26, and Curtis Goins, 17, were attempting to poison 46-year-old Tatshiana Mehaffey by secretly placing narcotics in her coffee during a visit to Mehaffey's home on Peachtree Street at 10:25 p.m. on Sept. 9.