CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man is behind bars awaiting trial for first-degree robbery.
A warrant for the arrest of 36-year-old Donald Edward McIntyre was issued by a judge on December 20, 2016. This arrest warrant is in connection to an alleged robbery McIntyre committed back on December 27, 2015. At 6:45 AM that day, Charles City police responded to the 1200 block of E Street for a person who was assaulted. The incident was determined to be an armed robbery. The victim sought medical attention. The suspect had left before officers arrived, police said, and the case remained under investigation. The suspect was described as a white male about 6 feet in height or slightly taller with a slender build.
On December 24, 2016, at about 1:41 AM, Mcintyre was picked up by Charles City police in the 1000 block of E Street on the warrant. He remains in the Floyd county jail at this time on $25,000 bail. He has entered a not-guilty plea and awaits a February 28 jury trial.