Crime & Safety
Two Arrested on Burglary Charges
The information in this story comes from the ACC Police Department. An arrest doesn't mean a conviction.
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Around 10:25pm on February 21, officers responded to an attempted burglary that had just occurred on Greenbrier Place. A female resident said she saw a man standing on her enclosed screen porch. He was attempting to get in a door. She thinks he saw her and he left.
As a responding officer walked toward that residence, he heard a loud noise coming from another Greenbrier Place residence. As he walked around to the back of that residence, he saw a man with what appeared to be a hammer at the back door.
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The officer called out to him and he fled on foot. As a foot chase ensued, the officer saw a second subject start running. After a brief chase, both men were apprehended.
The owner of the second residence told the officer that no one got inside but a window pane on a door was broken in an attempt to enter. Kerwin Hobbs, 23, of Shoemaker Court, was arrested and charged with two counts Burglary, one count each Possession of Tools β Burglary Only, and Obstruction/Hindering. Sarde Robinson, 23, also of Shoemaker Court, was arrested and charged with Burglary, Obstruction/Hindering, and Loitering/Prowling.
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