FIRST ON 3: Copper and golf cart battery burglars nabbed

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (NEWS RELEASE) — Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and Special Operations Unit worked together yesterday evening to take two local subjects into custody in the Varnumtown area.

Multiple incidents were reported between June and July of 2011 involving motor vehicle break-ins, copper thefts from businesses and golf cart battery thefts in the Holden Beach area. These incidents generated numerous community complaints and tips that led Detectives to suspects, Benjamin Carlyle and Justin Varnum. Warrants were issued for these subjects during the latter part of June and both subjects were spotted in the Varnumtown area on Monday, July 11th.

K-9 handler Chris Sasser and other Deputies spent nearly five hours at the end of Varnumtown Road on a foot chase that resulted in the arrest of both suspects. Benjamin Carlyle and Justin Varnum both remain incarcerated at the Brunswick County Detention Facility.

Benjamin Taylor Carlyle (RED T-SHIRT) 23/W/M
1049 Sabbath Home Road/ Supply, NC
Charge(s): 5 cts- Injury to Personal Property
2 cts- Felony Larceny
3 ct- Misdemeanor Larceny
1 ct- Attempted Misd Larceny
1 ct- Felony Conspiracy
1 ct- Possession with Intent
Manufacture/ Sell/ Deliver Heroin
1 ct- Possess Drug Paraphernalia
1 ct- Maintain Veh/ Dwelling/ Place
Controlled Substance
Bond: $35,000 Secured

Justin Trey Varnum (GRAY SHIRT) 20/W/M
789 Stanley Road/ Supply, NC
Charge(s): 1 ct- Breaking & Entering
1 ct- Injury to Personal Property
1 ct- Injury to Real Property
Bond: $10,000 Secured