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August 27, 2002 
 
Three Charged in Icard Business Break-In
 

Mark L. Miller

Robyn A. Miller
 
Burke County detectives charged three people the burglary of an Icard business which occurred on August 3rd.
 
Investigators allege Mark Lee Miller, 32, and Robyn Abernathy Miller, 34, of 103 Hickory Street in Rhodhiss; and Jeffrey Scott Lunsford, 39, of 3918 Lot #2 East Burke Boulevard in Icard are responsible for the break-in of Sparta Craft, located at 7690 Sparta Drive in Icard. 
 
The business was burglarized twice during the same night, detectives said. During the first break-in, the suspects entered through a back door and broke into two vending machines, taking approximately $60. The thieves reportedly returned later and stole an assortment of air tools and cordless drills which were valued at $3,100.
 
The suspects also caused approximately $4,500 damage to a sprinkler system and lost production time, according to officials. 
 
The investigators were able to recover the majority of the stolen tools during the investigation. 
 
The three suspects were arrested on August 22nd. Each were charged with two counts of felonious breaking, entering and larceny; two counts felonious possession of stolen property; two counts misdemeanor breaking and entering of a coin operated machine; and one misdemeanor count of injury to real property. 
 
Bonds of $25,000 were set on each defendant. Their first court appearance was on August 23rd.
 
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