MORE CHARGES FILED AGAINST TEEN

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

SHERRILLS FORD -- Lincoln County Sheriff's investigators have filed additional charges against one of three teens, already charged with running a car theft ring in Lincoln and surrounding counties.

Last Thursday, 18-year-old Christian Michael Moser of Sherrills Ford was charged with two counts of felony larceny of a motor vehicle and one count each of felony and misdemeanor larceny. On July 24, Moser and 16-year-old Brian Lee Harkey of Denver were charged with felony breaking, entering and larceny of a motor vehicle.

More charges may be pending including against Stanley Jeffrey Alan Varri, 16. Catawba, Iredell and Gaston County Sheriff's officials also have charges filed against the same trio in connection with home break-ins, car thefts and larceny cases in those counties as well.

Authorities from both Lincoln and Catawba Counties -- and Mooresville Police from Iredell County -- apprehended the teens July 23 at an apartment rented by Harkey's mother. Authorities say a tip led them to Harkey's address, where a vehice reported stolen from Mooresville was found outside the apartment.

Electronics and more than five stolen vehicles were found a few miles from where Harkey was arrested with the two other teens. Lincoln County Sheriff's detectives say more charges may be forthcoming.