Police: Car involved in crash that killed 5 people in Greensboro was falsely reported as stolen

Greensboro police confirm the car that was once believed to be stolen, and later involved in a late September crash that killed five people, was not actually stolen.Police say Erica Leann Robinson is being charged with filing a false report to law enforcement agencies. She has a court date for January 19.Greensboro police confirm that Robinson made the report that the 2003 silver Acrua was stolen from East Meadowview Road in mid-September.Robinson will not be charged in the deaths of the five people. She only faces charges for false reporting. That charge could result in 60 days in jail.Robinson's mother is the car's registered owner, Greensboro police confirm. The occupants of the Acura was identified as Deshon Lee Manuel, 42, Theresa Monique Kingcade, 34, and Bruce Wayne Hunt, 40, all who were from Greensboro.The driver of the Kia Optima was Stephanie Louise Warshauer, 32. Her passenger was Alyssa Mackenzie Bolick, 29. Both were Greensboro residents.The incident began when a Guilford County Sheriff’s Deputy saw a 2003 silver Acura being operated in a suspicious manner while it was travelling southbound on Battleground Ave. at about 11:27 p.m. When the deputy ran the license plate number through the National Crime Information Center database, he learned it was reported stolen. As the deputy attempted a traffic stop, police said the driver accelerated to a high rate of speed and entered the intersection of Battleground Avenue and New Garden Road against a red light, striking the Kia Optima.The investigation remains under investigation by the Greensboro Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit.

Greensboro police confirm the car that was once believed to be stolen, and later involved in a late September crash that killed five people, was not actually stolen.

Police say Erica Leann Robinson is being charged with filing a false report to law enforcement agencies. She has a court date for January 19.


Greensboro police confirm that Robinson made the report that the 2003 silver Acrua was stolen from East Meadowview Road in mid-September.

Robinson will not be charged in the deaths of the five people. She only faces charges for false reporting. That charge could result in 60 days in jail.

Robinson's mother is the car's registered owner, Greensboro police confirm.

The occupants of the Acura was identified as Deshon Lee Manuel, 42, Theresa Monique Kingcade, 34, and Bruce Wayne Hunt, 40, all who were from Greensboro.

The driver of the Kia Optima was Stephanie Louise Warshauer, 32. Her passenger was Alyssa Mackenzie Bolick, 29. Both were Greensboro residents.



The incident began when a Guilford County Sheriff’s Deputy saw a 2003 silver Acura being operated in a suspicious manner while it was travelling southbound on Battleground Ave. at about 11:27 p.m.

When the deputy ran the license plate number through the National Crime Information Center database, he learned it was reported stolen.

As the deputy attempted a traffic stop, police said the driver accelerated to a high rate of speed and entered the intersection of Battleground Avenue and New Garden Road against a red light, striking the Kia Optima.

The investigation remains under investigation by the Greensboro Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit.



