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 Jeremy Landeck applied and obtained 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 was arrested by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division on November 6th. He was taken before Magistrate Donald Sadler and held on a $60,000 secured bond.
On November 7th, Investigator Landeck applied for and obtained warrants charging Kareem Ali Smallwood, age 34 of Shawnee Place in Greenville NC with two counts of Safe Cracking, three counts of Felony Breaking and Entering, two counts of Larceny After Breaking and Entering, two counts of Larceny of a Firearm, and Possession of Firearm by Felon. Smallwood was arrested by the Greenville Police Department on November 11th and taken before a Pitt County Magistrate where he was held on a $250,000.00 secured bond.
