Crime & Courts

Gaston County police search for burglary suspect


The Gaston County Police Department is seeking the identity of the suspect of a residential burglary that occurred at approximately 1100am on May 5, 2015 at 1206 Killian Rd off Hwy 16 in the northeast portion of Gaston County. Surveillance video captured the suspect and his vehicle during the commission of the crime. The suspect is described as a black male wearing a black t-shirt and black shorts with red trim. He was also wearing red athletic shoes. There was another unidentified individual with the suspect and they were driving a dark blue or dark gray Dodge Charger.
The Gaston County Police Department is seeking the identity of the suspect of a residential burglary that occurred at approximately 1100am on May 5, 2015 at 1206 Killian Rd off Hwy 16 in the northeast portion of Gaston County. Surveillance video captured the suspect and his vehicle during the commission of the crime. The suspect is described as a black male wearing a black t-shirt and black shorts with red trim. He was also wearing red athletic shoes. There was another unidentified individual with the suspect and they were driving a dark blue or dark gray Dodge Charger.

The Gaston County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a burglary suspect.

The burglary happened about 11 a.m. May 5 in the 1200 block of Killian Road, off N.C. 16 in the northeast part of the county, police Capt. C.J. Rosselle said.

Surveillance video captured images of the suspect and his vehicle, police said.

The suspect was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, red athletic shoes and black shorts with red trim.

An unidentified individual was with the suspect, and they were driving a dark blue or dark gray Dodge Charger, police said.

The surveillance videos can be viewed at http://bit.ly/1Jh7R3n .

Anyone with information about the suspect or the car is asked to call police at 704-866-3320 or Crime Stoppers at 704-861-8000.

Marusak: 704-358-5067;

Twitter: @jmarusak

This story was originally published May 14, 2015 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Gaston County police search for burglary suspect."

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