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Phone conversation tips off two deputies

Drew Brooks
February 2, 2008 - 10:27PM
KINGS MOUNTAIN — A 17 year-old boy dug his hole a little deeper Saturday after being arrested by a Cleveland County Sheriff’s deputy and, in doing so, helped solve a crime that happened earlier in the day.

Tommy Lee Sears of 111-16 High Ridge Court in Kings Mountain was arrested for larceny of a motor vehicle.

During booking, two deputies overheard a conversation Sears had with his mother via telephone in which Sears said he had taken some items from a neighbor’s home and stored them at the Sears’ home, according to an incident report.

When contacted by deputies, Sears’ mother, Jennifer, gave them permission to search the home.
Inside, they found a number of items that matched those taken from 132 Yarboro Road earlier in the day, including sheet rock, power tools, 2 x 4’s and assorted tools valued at more than $500.

The items were returned to their owner, the report said.

In addition to his larceny of a motor vehicle charge, Sears faces charges of felony breaking and entering, felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods.