| August 25,
2003 |
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| Duo
Wanted in $400,000 Larceny Caught in Arkansas |
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Donald G. Solesby, Jr. |
Rhonda L. Seagle |
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| A man and woman wanted in connection with the
August 4th larceny of approximately
$400,000 in cash were captured in Crawford County, Arkansas early this
morning. |
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| Donald Gary Solesby, Jr., 41, who also is known
as Gary Owens, and Rhonda Louise Seagle, 39, were captured by the Van
Buren Police Department as officers responded to a domestic squabble at the
Kings Way Inn, a local motel. |
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| Officers in Van Buren found a large amount of
currency in the pair's possession, according to Burke County
detectives. |
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| Solesby and Seagle were being sought by Burke
investigators for the theft of a safe belonging to Leonard Walker of 5873 Lot 6
Jenkins Road in Morganton. The safe, which allegedly contained approximately
$400,000 in cash, was stolen as Walker slept, Burke Detective Robert Beall
said. |
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| Most of the money reported stolen from Walker
was recovered, according to Beall. |
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| Solesby and Seagle remain in custody in Arkansas
without bond awaiting an extradition hearing back to North Carolina. |
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