[August 05, 2011] Pickup truck photo leads to man's arrest in church break-in Tweet Jun 25, 2011 (The Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A surveillance photo of a truck leaving Corinth Baptist Church led to the arrest of the man sheriff's deputies say is responsible for breaking into the building last month. According to a Sheriff's Office report, surveillance video captures a man wearing black gloves breaking into an outbuilding on May 24. James Stanley Edwards, 32, of 329 Judas Road, Mooresville, was recently arrested in Iredell County by a Cleveland County investigator, according to Sheriff Alan Norman. He was held on a $7,500 secured bond. The video obtained from the church shows a man arriving at the church in a white pickup truck with a trailer attached. According to the report, a pressure washer, gas-powered hedge trimmer, water pump and two coolers were taken. The Sheriff's Office released a photo of the white truck hauling a trailer to local media outlets and an arrest was made because of the photo. Norman said an officer with the Lincolnton Police Department spotted the vehicle and recognized it from local media broadcasts. "He was able to obtain a tag number from the vehicle," Norman said. "He wasn't able to stop the vehicle, but the obtained the tag number and gave it to the investigative unit of the (Cleveland County) Sheriff's Office." He said Investigator Amy Stroupe was able to identify an individual through the tag number and arrested Edwards in Iredell County. He was charged with breaking and entering, felony larceny and possession of stolen goods. Norman said there is a second suspect in the case who fled and is believed to be in Arkansas. "We don't know that person of interest's name," Norman said. According to Norman, Edwards and the second suspect would visit churches asking for money to help pay their bills and would later come back and break into the buildings. "They were basically casing that church...to come back at a later date," Norman said. Other recent arrests: - Patrick Tyler Philbeck and Nicholas Ryan Jones were arrested Friday in connection with a breaking and entering on Airport Road, according to the Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Alan Norman said a deputy stopped a vehicle after observing the driver acting suspiciously. "When he pulled the vehicle over, he found numerous items inside the vehicle," Norman said. Included in the list of items was a chainsaw, go-kart frame and engine. "Through his (the deputy's) investigation, he was able to determine it had come from a break-in that occurred on Airport Road," Norman said. The complainant on Airport Road who reported the missing items also said he was missing rims that were later found on the suspect's vehicle, Norman said. According to the Sheriff's Office, both men were charged with breaking and entering, possession of stolen goods and larceny after breaking and entering. Both had $15,000 secured bonds. Reach reporter Rebecca Clark at 704-669-3344. To see more of The Star or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.shelbystar.com/. Copyright (c) 2011, The Star, Shelby, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]