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Breaking and Entering in the Chocowinity Area

Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
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Press Release:

On November 9, 2012 at approximately 9:35 am, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a Breaking and Entering and Larceny on Cayton Road in Chocowinity, NC. Deputies responded to the scene and learned the suspects entered a fenced area and broke into numerous storage containers on the property. The suspects stole various car parts and recyclable metal. Some of the stolen property was discovered at OBI Sheer Steel in Chocowinity.

Mark Shane Tripp

Jimmy Wayne Ball Jr.

    Investigations conducted interviews and executed a search warrant at a suspect's residence. As a result of information and evidence gathered during the investigation, Investigator Scott Williams applied for and obtained warrants charging Jimmy Wayne Ball Jr. age 32, of Antler Drive in Washington and Mark Shane Tripp, age 36, of Chapel Branch Road in Chocowinity with four(4) counts each of Felony Breaking and Entering, three(3) counts each of Larceny after Breaking and Entering, and one(1) count each of First Degree Trespassing. Ball was also charged with two (2) counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretenses.

    On November 30, 2012, Tripp was arrested by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Patrol Division. Tripp was taken before Magistrate Eric Holmes and held in the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $12,500.00 secured bond for these and other charges. Ball is still at large.

    Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jimmie Ball Jr. is asked to contact Beaufort County Crime Stoppers by phone, text or through their website. Call (252)974-6400; text a tip anonymously by dialing 274637 on a cellphone and in the body of the message, typing BCSO131 and the tip; or submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, www.beaufortcountycrimestoppers.com, by following the "Tip Line" link and filling out an online form. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to his arrest.

    Tipsters do not have to give their name to receive a reward.

    Major Kenneth Watson
      Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

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