| September 27, 2007 |
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| Arrests Made in Local Church
Breaking and Entering |
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Andrew Clate Evans, 24 |
Samuel
Thomas Evans, 23 |
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| On Wednesday, September
26, 2007, around 6:30 pm, the Burke County Sheriff's Office received a call
from a concerned citizen about suspicious activity around the McElrath Chapel
AME Church on Jamestown Road. |
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| The caller advised there
was a suspicious vehicle at the church, reportedly being operated by two white
males. The caller also heard loud noises coming from behind the church. |
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| When deputies arrived,
they discovered that all four air conditioning units at the back of the church
had been vandalized, and a compressor was missing from one of the four
units. |
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| Deputies obtained a
description of the suspicious vehicle and a general description of the
vehicle's occupants. |
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| On Wednesday, September
26, 2007, around 7:35 pm, deputies with the Burke County Sheriff's Office,
along with assistance from the Glen Alpine Police Department, observed a
vehicle that fit the description of the suspect vehicle on Jamestown Road. The
vehicle drove past the church and turned around in a nearby driveway. |
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| The officers stopped the
vehicle and identified Samuel Thomas Evans and Andrew Clate Evans as driver and
passenger of the vehicle. Both fit the general description of the suspects.
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| The investigation was
then turned over the detectives with the Sheriff's Office. Upon further
investigation, both Samuel and Andrew Evans were charged with one count of
felony larceny and three counts of misdemeanor injury to personal
property. |
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| Both were placed in the
Burke County Jail under $20,000 secured bond. Their first appearance is set for
September 28, 2007. Both made bond that same day. |
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| On September 27, 2007,
detectives with the Burke County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations
Division conducted a search of the impounded vehicle seized from the Evans
brothers. |
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| Upon searching the
vehicle, detectives discovered tools that were believed to have been used in
the commission of the crimes above. Detectives obtained warrants for the arrest
of Samuel and Andrew Evans for felony possession of burglary tools. |
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| Both were arrested and
they provided detectives with confessions to numerous heat pump and air
conditioning unit larcenies in western Burke County. The locations of theft
included residences and churches. The brothers were placed in the Burke County
Jail under a $10,000 secured bond. |
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