On September 9, 2014, three homes on Old Blounts Creek Road in Chocowinity, NC were broken into. Once inside two of the homes, the thieves took several handguns and a flat screen television. A witness saw two black male suspects loading the stolen items into a gold colored Pontiac van before they fled the scene. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation and conducted interviews. On September 19th, the Greenville Police Department recovered one of the stolen handguns during a crime scene search in Greenville.
As a result, Investigator Landeck applied and obtain warrants charging Brandon Ozenza Atkinson, age 24 of East Brook Drive in Greenville with two counts of Safe Cracking, three counts of Felony Breaking and Entering, two counts of Larceny After Breaking and Entering, and two counts of Larceny of a Firearm. Atkinson was arrested on September 24th by Pitt County Probation and Parole. He was transported to the Pitt County Detention Center where he was served with the warrants and held on a $75,000.00 secured bond.
On September 25th, Investigator Landeck applied for and obtained warrants charging T’Shawn Lavious Perkins, age 23 of Ward Street in Greenville with two counts of Safe Cracking, three counts of Felony Breaking and Entering, two counts of Larceny After Breaking and Entering, and two counts of Larceny of a Firearm. Perkins is still at-large.
Anyone with information on the location of Perkins 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, type 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. Calls, texts, and emails are anonymous. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to an arrest or the recovery of property in this case. Tipsters do not have to give their name to receive a reward. Additional arrests are expected in the on-going investigation.
