After allegedly trying to steal from a coin machine, two guys are being charged with a number of offenses.
On December 8, Matthew Ryan Johnson, 28, and Frederick Warren Loftis, 35, broke into a building on Biltmore Drive, smashed a crawl space door, and tried to steal $50 in quarters from a coin machine, according to court documents.
The vehicle wash on that road is located at the address that appears on court documents.
Both men were arrested and charged with one felony count each of conspiracy, possession of burglary tools, attempted larceny, and breaking and entering.
(Note: The types of burglary tools used are not specified in the magistrate’s orders. Both defendants appear to have the identical charge language as the last breaking and entering charge.
Additionally, each of them faces one misdemeanor count of resisting a public official and causing damage to real property.
On a $25,000 secured bond, Johnson and Loftis are being held at the Richmond County Jail and are scheduled to appear in court on December 19.
Loftis also faces pending misdemeanor larceny and second-degree trespassing charges related to an October Walmart incident, according to online court records.
Loftis was first found guilty in 2017 of carrying a Schedule II controlled substance with the intent to sell, according to documents filed with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.
Loftis was found guilty of carrying both Schedule I and Schedule II illegal narcotics, and he was first placed on probation in May 2021. That was canceled in October of that year after he was convicted on one count of possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance and two counts of breaking and entering autos.
Loftis was imprisoned for five and a half months before being sent back for three more months for a violation.
It seems that Johnson has never been convicted in the state before.
Until they are proven guilty in court, all defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent.
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