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October

Eden police arrested a second Danville, Va., man nine days after a Burlington tiffany and co jewelry store was robbed.

Burlington police said Antoine Lanier Hall, 19, of Danville, Va., was arrested without incident at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in Eden. He is being held in the Alamance County jail on a $75,000 bond.

He joins Marcus Dwayne Pyles, 19, also of Danville, Va., who was arrested Feb. 24 in Danville and remains in jail on a $250,000 bond.

Both men have been charged with robbery with a pendant dangerous weapon and second degree kidnapping. Burlington police said Pyles and Hall are suspects in an armed robbery in Eden in mid-February.

Their arrests follow the Feb. 23 robbery of Eden Jewelry on South Church Street in Burlington. Police said two men forced three employees into a bathroom and took an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry.

Burlington police said the SBI, police departments in Eden, Reidsville and Danville and the federal U.S. Secret Service and Alcohol Tobacco earrings and Firearms worked on the investigation.