From staff reports <\/p>\n
Armed with new security camera images, area police are continuing to ask for the publics help in tracking down a suspect in multiple break-ins the most recent on Tuesday evening in Bland County. <\/p>\n
According to the Bland County Sheriffs Office, a man carrying a rifle and backpack broke in to a North Scenic Highway residence near South Gap while the property owners were gone. <\/p>\n
On Sunday morning, a woman in Bland said a man, who was also armed with a rifle, had a garden pick near her back door before retreating into the woods. <\/p>\n
The Sheriffs Office said this week that the man in Tuesdays break-in appears to be the same suspect sought in Wythe and Pulaski counties for similar crimes. <\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the man is asked to call 911. <\/p>\n
Bland County man convicted of Wythe truck theft <\/p>\n
A Bland County man got jail time on Sept. 6 after pleading to four felonies in Wythe County Circuit Court. <\/p>\n
Christopher Jennings Sizemore, 44, of Bastian, was convicted of Feb. 17 charges of automobile larceny, grand larceny, conspiracy to commit automobile larceny and conspiracy to commit grand larceny. <\/p>\n
According to court records, Sizemore took a bucket truck and tools belonging to D.H. Elliot Co. <\/p>\n
As part of a plea agreement, Sizemore was sentenced to serve one year and three months in jail with credit for time served while awaiting trial. <\/p>\n
After his release, hell be on supervised probation for three years, during which time hell waive his Fourth Amendment protections. He was also ordered to pay D.H. Elliot Co. $12,350 in restitution and must stay away from the companys property and employees. <\/p>\n
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Continued here: From staff reports Armed with new security camera images, area police are continuing to ask for the publics help in tracking down a suspect in multiple break-ins the most recent on Tuesday evening in Bland County. According to the Bland County Sheriffs Office, a man carrying a rifle and backpack broke in to a North Scenic Highway residence near South Gap while the property owners were gone Continue reading
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