PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 29, 2014
***UPDATE***
Southern Pines Police Department
Aberdeen Police Department
Moore County Sheriff’s Office
Announces an Additional Arrest for:
Breaking and Entering/Burglary Incidents
On August 12, 2014, a “Property Crimes Task Force” staffed by officers from the Southern Pines Police Department, Aberdeen Police Department and the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, announced the arrests of Steven Earl Taylor, 39 years of age, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, Heather Deaton Lamonds, 26 years of age of Southern Pines, North Carolina and Mychael Scott Gillis 23 years of age, of Carthage, North Carolina for the charges listed below.
These arrests were the result of a collaborative effort between the Southern Pines Police Department, the Aberdeen Police Department and the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, who joined together forming a Property Crimes Task Force to address the connected property crime incidents occurring in Moore County.
Following the arrests of August 12, 2014, the Property Crimes Task Force maintained a comprehensive follow up investigation into breaking and entering/burglary incidents that have occurred in Moore County North Carolina, specifically incidents associated with the arrests of Steven Earl Taylor, Heather Deaton Lamonds and Mychael Scott Gillis. As a result of the additional follow up investigation, on September 29, 2014, Christian Darrell Craig, 21 years of age, of Raeford North Carolina was arrested and charged with the following offenses:
1. Possession of Stolen Property (three counts)
2. Breaking and Entering (two counts)
3. Conspiracy to Commit Breaking and Entering (two counts)
4. Larceny After Breaking and Entering (two counts)
5. Larceny of a Motor Vehicle
Christian Darrell Craig appeared before a Moore County Magistrate and was incarcerated in the Moore County Detention Center under $50,000 secured bond pending hearing on October 14, 2014 in Moore County District Court.
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Contact: Captain Charles Campbell
(910) 692-2732
