| January 26,
2012 |
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Suspect Arrested in
Store Break-in |
Thomas Matthew McBee,
24, of 3229 Music Mountain Road, Morganton, NC has been arrested and
charged with felonious breaking and entering, felonious larceny, and possession
of stolen property.
On Thursday, January 26, 2012, at approximately 1:00 am,
deputies with the Burke County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported
breaking and entering at the Kountry Market on Hwy 18 South. |
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| Deputies found that someone had broken several windows to the
business and made entry into the store. The item reported missing was a
donation jar that was located on the store counter near the cash
register. |
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| Detectives with the Burke County Sheriff's Office were assigned
to investigate the breaking and entering and were advised that the store's
video footage captured a subject inside the store. |
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| Detectives were able to obtain a copy of the footage from the
store clerk, and were advised that the subject appeared to be a customer of the
store. |
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| The store clerk stated another customer had told her the person
in the video could possibly be Tommy McBee, who lived near the
store. |
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| While detectives were at the store reviewing the video footage,
Mr. McBee came to the store to speak with the owner. |
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| Detectives then went with Mr. McBee to his residence, where he
confessed to the incident and provided detectives with the location of the
missing donation jar and baseball bat that was used to break the windows of the
store. |
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| The bat was located in a field between Kountry Market and
McBee's residence and the donation jar was located inside the store. All that
was determined to be missing was two Dr. Pepper drinks. |
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| Mr. McBee was placed in the Burke Catawba District Confinement
Facility under a $5,000.00 secured bond. First court appearance is scheduled
for January 30, 2012. |
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