Staff report
EAST ROCKINGHAM — An effort by a burglary suspect to flee on foot was a failure and the man was apprehended by Richmond County Sheriffs’ Office personnel in short order.
Deputies received a call of a burglary alarm activated at a business on Mill Road in East Rockingham. When deputies arrived, they found a glass door and window busted out. Deputies then located Kristopher Shane Carpenter, 27, of St. Stephens Church Road, Rockingham, hiding in a fenced in area.
Deputies said Carpenter tried to flee on foot. The suspect was located under a parked vehicle and taken into custody.
Carpenter was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, two counts of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny and resisting a public officer.
Carpenter was ordered held in Richmond County Jail under a $60,000 secure bond.