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Thieves Locked Out Of Getaway Car Alert Neighbor

A vigilant neighbor in the Angier area who reported suspicious activity next door led to the arrest of three burglary suspects from Raleigh Monday.
Sheriff Larry Rollins praised the neighbor who reported what she thought was a car break-in, although the sheriff said what the witness saw was actually the suspects trying to break into their own car.
"Turns out they had locked themselves out of the getaway car," he said.
One of the alleged thieves was apprehended by a police dog after the suspect was shot at for refusing to drop his weapon, Sheriff Rollins said.
The sheriff said a deputy was pursuing Carlos Antoine Broadway, 23, on foot through the Hawley Mobile Home Park in Buies Creek and had ordered him to drop the handgun he was carrying several times. Sheriff Rollins said the deputy, who is one of the departments dog handlers, fired two shots at Mr. Broadway as the suspect rounded a tree in a ditch.
He looked like he was moving around that tree to get cover and the officer was out in the open, the sheriff said. Both the deputys shots missed, according to the sheriff. He said the officer then released his dog, which quickly apprehended Mr. Broadway. The other two suspects were apprehended by a deputy working at Campbell University who joined the chase and pursued them on foot after they also fled into the woods.
Braxton Leon Smith, 22, and 23-year-old Weston Austin Taylor were each jailed under $100,000 bond. Mr. Broadways bond was set at $150,000.
All three suspects have been charged with breaking and entering, two counts each of larceny and possessing stolen property and eight counts each of larceny of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm a total of 21 felonies each. Sheriff Rollins said all three will also be charged with resisting arrest and a charge of going armed to the terror of people may be brought against Mr. Broadway.
All the items stolen during the Angier burglary more than $7,600 in property, including eight firearms and a computer was recovered in the suspects vehicle, Sheriff Rollins said. Mr. Broadway is also wanted on separate breaking and entering charges in Wake County, he said.
The pursuit began after a resident of Kingsway Court in Angier reported seeing a vehicle break-in next door just after 11 a.m. Monday.
Sheriff Rollins said a deputy in an unmarked car on N.C. 27 started following a burgundy Chrysler on the chance it might be the red Cadillac reported leaving the scene.
"That was pretty sharp of the officer," Sheriff Rollins said.
An officer from Campbell in a marked vehicle joined the chase as it entered Buies Creek. The suspects abandoned their vehicle in the J.C. Hawley Mobile Home Park off Marshbanks Street.

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