ELLERBE — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man with break-ins in the northern part of the county.
Mark Allen Guthrie, 39, is accused of breaking into a home and a Hummer on Second Street in Ellerbe on July 27.
According to an arrest warrant issued that same day, Guthrie stole: a homemade one-axle trailer; a hand truck/dolly; a child’s bicycle; a box of DVDs; a carpet cleaner; miscellaneous tools; four 16-inch wheels; three Roku televisions; and a Sony home stereo system.
Guthrie also allegedly damaged the ignition lock on the Hummer.
Another warrant alleges that Guthrie broke into an apartment at Ellerbe Manor Apartments on Aug. 29.
On the day of his arrest, Aug. 29, Guthrie was reportedly caught with an unspecified quantity of methamphetamine.
Guthrie was arrested and charged with one felony count each of: possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; breaking and entering; larceny after breaking and entering; larceny; breaking and entering a motor vehicle. He is also charged with one misdemeanor count each of injury to personal property, breaking and entering, a second-degree trespassing.
Guthrie is being held without bond in the Richmond County Jail.
Online court records show Guthrie was out on bail for the following pending charges: three felony counts each of breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and possession of stolen goods or property; and one misdemeanor count of injury to real property.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Guthrie was convicted in 2017 of the following charges in Cumberland County: 10 counts of attempted trafficking of a Schedule I controlled substance; two counts of aiding and abetting trafficking of a Schedule I controlled substance; five counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud; and one count each of possession of stolen goods and possession of a controlled substance.
Guthrie was also convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud in Hoke County the same year.
His probation was revoked in 2019 in Robeson County and he was incarcerated for nearly five months.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
