CLARIFICATION ON THE CHARGES...
http://www.jdnews.com/articles/laurean_54751___article.html/lauterbach_weapon.html
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Cesar Laurean did not force the woman he is accused of killing to remove money from her account Dec. 14, as far as investigators know, authorities said Friday.
Several news media outlets -- including The Daily News -- incorrectly interpreted Laurean’s Thursday indictment on a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
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That money has not been recovered, and investigators believe Laurean robbed her dead body of the cash. That is where the robbery with a dangerous weapon charge and subsequent indictment stems from, authorities said.
Laurean was also indicted for attempted misdemeanor financial transaction card fraud. Investigators said Laurean held onto Lauterbach’s bank card and tried to use it 10 days after she had been killed.
He tried to use her card to remove $500 Christmas Eve. This was the “suspicious activity on her bank account” originally reported by The Daily News on Jan. 10. “We believe Laurean attempted but was unsuccessful in removing $500 from Lauterbach’s account on Dec. 24,” said Capt. Rick Sutherland of the Onslow County Sheriff’s Department.
Sutherland would not com-ment on whether Laurean could not remove cash from the account because there were no funds available or because Laurean did not know Lauterbach’s personal identification number.
The indictment states, “(Laurean) committed this act by means of an assault consisting of having in defendant’s possession and threatening the use of a dangerous weapon, a blunt force object and implement used to kill Maria Frances Lauterbach.
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For Laurean to kill Lauterbach and then use her bank card, which he took from her, in an attempt to withdraw cash from an ATM would constitute robbery with a dangerous weapon,even though 10 days lapsed in between, according to the District Attorney’s Office.