Jacksonville police arrested a man early Thursday morning on breaking-and-entering charges following reports of vehicle break-ins and dumped stolen vehicles in the area of Williamsburg Parkway.<\/p>\n
Police were actively patrolling the area of Williamsburg Parkway, near Western Boulevard, around 2 a.m. Thursday morning when an officer observed three people wearing dark-colored hoodies pulled over their heads, one of whom was also wearing a ski mask, said Sarah Sinese, public affairs coordinator for the Jacksonville Police Department.<\/p>\n
After being informed of recent vehicle break-ins and dumped stolen vehicles around the area, the officer attempted to speak with the three people but they fled on foot.<\/p>\n
After a foot pursuit, all three were apprehended, and it was discovered that one of them, 19-year-old Jordan Lewis, of Jacksonville, was in possession of a concealed firearm and also had five felony warrants, Sinese said. The other two were juveniles who have since been released to their parents.<\/p>\n
Lewis was arrested on the warrants and also charged with misdemeanor resisting a public officer, carrying a concealed gun and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is being held in the Onslow County jail without bond.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Residents are also encouraged to lock their car doors, remove any valuables, close their garages and turn on exterior lights by 9 p.m. each night in order to deter theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville police arrested a man early Thursday morning on breaking-and-entering charges following reports of vehicle break-ins and dumped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,3071,451,3729,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-786761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-crime","tag-headlines","tag-local","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}