MEDIA RELEASE
Issued: December 21, 2011 Contact: Sergeant J.J. Brewer
For Immediate Release Public Information Officer
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office
(910) 798-4191 Office
(910) 297-9213 Cellular
NHSO Detectives Make Arrest for String of B&E’s
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Detectives have made an arrest for a string of B&E’s in the Meadowbrook and Gordon Woods neighborhoods. The suspect in these cases were stealing personal and banking information from the residences in order to make fraudulent purchases online for electronic equipment and musical instruments as well as apply for credit in the victims’ names. After a two month investigation into several burglaries and residential breaking and entering cases, Detectives arrested Landrick Seales, a 20 year old black male and charged him with multiple breaking and entering charges. He is currently in the New Hanover County Detention Facility under a $50,000.00 secure bond.
SEALES, LANDRICK ROBERT-JERMAL
Breaking & Entering, 2 counts – Felony
Larceny after Breaking & Entering, 2 counts-Felony
Burglary- 1st Degree- Felony
Obtain Property by False Pretense- Felony
Identity Theft- Felony
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