| December
30, 2005 |
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| Two
Arrested in Recent Car Break-Ins |
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The Burke
County Sheriff's Office announced they have made two arrests in several recent
car break-ins occurring in Burke County.
On December 22nd, deputies
arrested Dallas Junior Benfield (left), 24, of
5283 Hayes Waters Road on two counts of felonious breaking and entering of a
motor vehicle, and three counts of misdemeanor larceny. The arrest came after
Benfield was allegedly caught in the act of breaking into cars at Brendletown
Fire Department. |
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| According to reports, the vehicles' owners were
exiting the fire department and saw a man inside one of the cars. The man ran
from the burglarized car and got into a 2001 Hyundai Elantra, which was parked
along the side of the road. The report states the man drove away onto
Conley Road toward Jamestown Road. |
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| The victims (Leslie Hicks, Coyte Abernathy, and
Ralph Thorne, all of Morganton), contacted the Sheriff's Office and a detective
later located Benfield and the Hyundai at 5033 Scott Acres Street, the report
said. Both Benfield and the vehicle were identified by the victims and the man
was arrested. |
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| Benfield was jailed at the Burke Catawba
District Confinement Facility under a $3,100 bond. |
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Also, authorities
announced that Duane Jason Fiedler (right), 21,
of 2235 US 64, Morganton, was recently charged with four counts of felonious
breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, three counts of misdemeanor larceny,
and one count of felonious larceny.
Fiedler is charged with four
separate car break-ins occurring September 4th, October 7th and October
10th. |
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| The victims in the cases were Wesley Haney, Adam
Michaels, Taylor Motors, and Joshua Carswell, all of Morganton. The burglaries
reportedly occurred in the southwestern area of Burke County. |
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| According to detectives, Fiedler was developed
as a suspect in the crimes and confessed when questioned by
authorities. |
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| Grand Jury indictments will be sought in the
near future on both men, an investigator said. |
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