Kinston police: Suspects apprehended in area vehicle break-ins
On Saturday, August 23, 2020, shortly after midnight, Officers with the Kinston Police Department responded to the Westminster Lane area in reference reports of multiple car breaking and entering incidents. Officers located (4) car B/E incidents in the Westminster Lane area and another (14) car B/E incidents in adjacent neighborhood(s).
While officers were investigating the incidents, officers located (5) juvenile subjects (under 17 years of age) walking in the area. Officers located items stolen from several of the car B/E incidents on the juvenile subjects. The juveniles were transported to the Kinston Police Department and referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
If anyone has information about these incidents, please call the Kinston Police Department’s Tips Line at 252-939-4020 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at 252-523-4444.