Woman says she was robbed by 4 suspects at hotel

CHARLOTTE — A woman reported that she was robbed at gunpoint by four suspects in ski masks at her hotel in north Charlotte, according to new court documents obtained by Channel 9 on Monday.

The robbery happened on Oct. 6 at a Motel 6 on Sunset Road, according to an affidavit filed in Charlotte.

The victim said she was returning to the hotel after work, but four people “jumped out of a van that was parked.” One of the suspects was carrying a handgun.

The victim said she was knocked to the ground as the suspects stole her keys, and her purse before entering her room taking cash and two other purses. The assailants drove away from the scene.

She was not hurt.

“It was almost something like out of a movie,” said the woman, who didn’t want to be identified.

She was not hurt.

“Just by the grace of God that it played out the way it played out,” she said.

The victim learned from another guest that the vehicle had been parked in front of the motel all day.

Police began investigating and found the van near Burmith Street. The van was registered to Jeremiah Welch. According to police, one of the rooms at the hotel was being rented by Josiah Welch, 40, the brother of Jeremiah Welch.

CMPD got security video of the robbery, and it showed the fourth suspect staying in the driver’s seat while the other three people committed the robbery.

Police arrested Josiah Welch on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and second-degree burglary.

“They got away with a little bit of my security, the victim said. “I would like to know why and because the little bit that you did get, was it worth it? Really?”

The victim thinks she was randomly targeted and wants to warn others.

“If they would do that to me, they would do that to anyone,” she said.

Welch is out of jail on a $25,000 bond. The other suspects have not been identified.

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