Jamie Sutton's trial in superior court ended Tuesday when he collapsed

DEFENDANT COLLAPSES IN COURT TUESDAY

By Jon Mayhew [LINCOLNTON] – A man on trial for breaking into a pharmacy in Lincolnton collapses at the beginning of his superior court trial Tuesday.

Jamie Sutton, 34, was on trial for breaking into Keever Pharmacy back in August 2008.

Authorities said Sutton had made several motions – all of which were denied – and was told by presiding judge Timothy S. Kincaid to sit down.

Sutton sat down, then fell out of his chair.

Detective Chuck McGinley said at the time of the break-in, he was working hospital security when an alarm call came in to city police.

McGinley initially passed Sutton, who was carrying a bag of change, in his motorized wheelchair minutes after the alarm call. Sutton was apprehended in the parking lot of Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln.

Tuesday, Sutton was taken to Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln, treated, then taken back to the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center.

Sutton was convicted in late 2007 for breaking and entering into Temple Baptist Church in Lincolnton on July 25, 2007. He served eight months and was released.

The church caught on fire after the break-in and burned to the ground. While Sutton was charged with the church fire, the charges were later dropped.