SJAFB security catch suspect
By John Joyce
Published in News on March 11, 2016 1:46 PM
A Goldsboro teen is facing several felony charges for allegedly breaking into Berkeley Mall early Wednesday morning.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base security personnel turned the suspect over to police after stopping him in his vehicle as he approached the main gate.
"I think he got lost," police Maj. Anthony Carmon said.
Alkeem Dashawn Banks, 17, 105 N. Audubon Ave., is charged with three counts of felony breaking and entering, a single felony count each of larceny after breaking and entering, possession of burglary tools and possession of stolen property, as well as one misdemeanor count of first-degree trespass.
Banks was placed in the Wayne County Jail under a $6,000 secured bond.
Carmon said he was not certain all of the stolen property had been recovered, but enough of it was to make a case against Banks.
"There was enough property there to charge him with each of the break-ins," he said.
According to a Goldsboro Police Department press release, officers responded to an alarm at the J.C. Penney department store at 607 N. Berkeley Blvd. at 3:05 a.m. A glass door had been shattered allowing entry to the building.
Once inside, Banks allegedly broke through another glass partition leading into the main mall. From there, he was able to break into Jewelry Care Center, another retailer located in the mall next to Sears.
Among the items taken were three Apple iPhones at a combined value of $1,589, according to the police report. Another $6,500 in damage to the glass windows and cell phone display case is listed on the report.
While investigating the break-in, additional officers were called to the main gate at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base where 4th Fighter Wing Security Forces personnel stopped a subject. The subject had refused to stop at the main gate and was detained.
Officers identified the subject as Banks, who was in possession of the stolen items and a hammer, possibly used to commit the break-ins.
"That is what is being alleged," Carmon said. "That that was his burglary tool."