A Rochester, N.Y., pastor was extradited to Horry County on Sunday to face robbery charges stemming from a November robbery at the Carolina Forest location of Buffalo Wild Wings, according to authorities.
Anthony Lee Drumgoole, 23, was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 9:19 p.m. Sunday on two counts of armed robbery, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and an unrelated charge of failure to appear in court, according to jail records. He is being held pending a bond hearing.
Drumgoole has family ties in the Conway area and listed his address along Antioch Road, but his Facebook page stated he was the founder of the Free From All Chains Outreach Ministry Inc., and a senior pastor there since 2008.
Horry County police named Drumgoole as a suspect in the Nov. 27 robbery in the restaurant located at 1990 Oakheart Road. A patron told police he was robbed at knifepoint and forced to take his clothes off while in the bathroom of the restaurant to keep him from chasing after the robbers.
Horry County police detectives identified Drumgoole from surveillance photos that showed him using the victim’s credit card, and warrants were issued Dec. 12 for Drumgoole’s arrest.
The Horry County Public Index shows that Drumgoole was arrested Dec. 5, 2008 and pleaded guilty March 1, 2010 to purse snatching. Circuit Court Judge Edward Cottingham sentenced Drumgoole to 18 months in prison on that charge, but suspended that sentence to 90 days in jail and a year on probation.
Drumgoole was ordered to pay $520 restitution and given credit for the time he served.
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