Robbers target Jackson’s home

Sat., July 24, 2010

NBA: Three armed men broke into the south Charlotte (N.C.) home of the Bobcats’ Stephen Jackson and held his wife at gunpoint before locking her in a bathroom and stealing valuables, police said.

The home invasion robbery happened just after 7 a.m. Wednesday at the home in a gated community off Carmel Road.

The robbery report doesn’t list the victims’ names or say what the robbers got away with, but a police source told the Charlotte Observer that the victim was Jackson’s wife and that he wasn’t home at the time of the crime.

Public records list Jackson and his wife, Renata, as occupants of the home since December 2009.

Zimmerman places fifth

Track and field: The University of Washington’s Joe Zimmerman (Lewis and Clark High) threw a personal-best 244 feet, 10 inches Friday to place fifth in men’s javelin at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada.

Washington State’s Holly Parent, competing for Canada, cleared 5-10 in the women’s high jump to finish ninth in qualifying. She didn’t advance.

John Blanchette

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