4 charged in home burglary

Staff report

Four people have been arrested in connection with a burglary of a Pleasant Hill Church Road home near Ellerbe.

Richmond County sheriff’s deputies have charged three Rockingham women — Ashley Cameron Short, 22, Brittany Short Branch, 25, and Cynthia Short Briggs, 41 — with breaking and entering, larceny after the breaking and entering, safe cracking and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Branch also was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

All three were placed in the Richmond County Jail, each on a $20,000 secure bond. A fourth individual, a minor, was placed into secured custody.