Trailer Break-In

Wilkes sheriff deputies are investigating a theft of several tools from a storage trailer. Yesterday morning, an employee of Mountain Top Builders discovered a trailer that had previously broken into had been pulled off its blocks, and the side door had been pried open. The business owner, Cecil Blevins, says he went inside the trailer, he discovered a Husqvarna chain saw missing, along with a Dewalt saw, and an air-powered framing nail gun. The total value of the missing items is 11-hundred dollars, and the burglary caused about 550 dollars damage.



Blevins says he fired two workmen about two months ago. One of them had the code to get in the trailer door. In both cases, the fired employee threatened at the time of the firing to retaliate against Blevins. During the burglary, the thief left behind some blood, and detectives recovered some paint samples as well. Detectives plan to question the two men in the near future.