ASHEBORO – Four arrests have been made and charges filed involving vehicle break-ins this month at the Randolph-Asheboro YMCA.
Asheboro Police announced the developments that involved multiple police agencies. The suspects might be part of a larger crime ring.
Asheboro Police said that visitors to the YMCA had personal property and identifications stolen from vehicles Dec. 12. Windows were shattered on those vehicles.
Police in Asheboro obtained a description of the vehicle with a Georgia license plate. That vehicle and suspects were spotted in Connecticut.
An earlier break in the case came, based on information from Asheboro Police, when the Waxhaw Police Department arrested Erika Sullivan after she attempted to withdraw from a bank account that was connected to one of the Asheboro victims.
Warrants had been issued for Brittany Ramkelewan, Jarod Jackson and Amari Powell – all of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The charges involved three counts of felony breaking and entering into a motor vehicle, felony larceny after breaking and entering, felony conspiracy, felony obtaining property by false pretense and felony identity theft.
On Dec. 20, the vehicle that had been identified in the case was spotted in Nash County. With assistance from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the trio in the vehicle were apprehended.
They were taken into custody in Johnston County and being held on a $1 million bond. Sullivan was held in Union County pending additional legal proceedings.
Asheboro detectives said the suspects targeted more than one area in North Carolina. The crimes could extend from Florida to Connecticut, where the Town of West Harford Police Department also have assisted with the case.
