Additional charges added after break-ins
Published 12:00 am Thursday, March 10, 2011
Another 17 warrants were taken out Wednesday against two local men already charged in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins and thefts.
The new charges against Joseph Patrick Lightsey II, of 105 E. Spencer St. in East Spencer, include felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny in connection with a Feb. 16 incident on Overhill Drive. Salisbury Police Department served his warrants.
Lightsey and Joshua D. Pruitt, 17, of 412 S. Yadkin Ave. in Spencer, were arrested late Saturday on several counts of the same charges after police say they broke into vehicles on Sunset Drive. Lightsey also was charged Saturday with failure to appear.
The Rowan County Sheriffís Office served the new warrants for Pruitt, who was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $50,000 bond.
Lightsey was given a $75,000 bond in addition to the $10,000 bond under which he was being held.
Other incidents reported to the Salisbury Police Department Wednesday include:
Mary Beth Smith reported the larceny of a credit card at 1518 E. Innes St.
Deborah Williams reported a vandalism consisting of a damaged window screen on East Horah Street.
Ashley Dawn Adkins reported a vandalism on Victory Street after she returned home to find her door kicked in. It was unclear whether anyone entered and nothing appeared to be missing.
Isenberg Elementary School reported a larceny of school property after a 10-year-old student took home a graphing calculator.