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Deputies charge four teens with vehicle break-ins

By Bill Moss, Published: May 2, 2018

MILLS RIVER — Henderson County deputies responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle arrested four teenagers they say were responsible for a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles in High Vista, Glens of Aberdeen and Riverstone in the Mills River area.

Deputies found three people in a vehicle and another person in on foot nearby when they responded to the call on Lumber River Road in the Riverstone subdivision at 3:45 a.m. on April 18.. Deputies observed items in the vehicle believed to be stolen, yet no reports of theft had been made at that point in time. They called in the detectives, who began an  investigation and later identified seven victims whose unlocked vehicles had been broken into that night.

The four suspects, all 16 years, were found to be in possession of property connected to these break-ins. Each suspect has been charged with seven counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and seven counts of misdemeanor larceny for a total of 56 charges. Additionally, one of the suspects was charged with possession of marijuana paraphernalia and one count of simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance.

Detectives contacted their parents and have made arrangements for the suspects to turn themselves in to the Magistrate’s Office in Henderson County.