Local Teens Facing Charges In Connection with Break-ins and Larcenies in Four Counties


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Christian Michael Moser............... Brian Lee Harkey.............

LINCOLNTON -- Lincoln County Sheriff’s detectives have charged two teens with break-ins after they were caught Wednesday morning in connection with vehicles stolen from Iredell County.

Christian Michael Moser, 18, of 7954 Barkley Road, Sherrills Ford is charged with one count each of Felony Breaking and Entering a Building, Felony Larceny After Breaking and Entering, Misdemeanor Larceny and Felony Larceny of a Motor Vehicle. He was placed in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond and had a first appearance in Lincoln County District Court today.

Moser was apprehended along with Brian Lee Harkey, 16, of Stratford Lane in Denver. Around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday while investigating a break-in at Midway Marina, Catawba County Sheriff’s deputies using information gained from the owners went to an apartment complex just inside the Lincoln County line. They saw the suspect at a car with the trunk open and he ran inside his apartment. Officers checked the vehicle and discovered it was stolen from Iredell County.

The suspect, Brian Harkey, ran out the back door of his apartment and it took officers about 30 minutes to apprehend him hiding in a wooded area. Harkey was turned over to Iredell County Sheriff’s Investigators and is being held in the Iredell County Jail. Warrants have been issued in Lincoln County charging him with the same charges filed against Moser. They are accused of breaking into a residence on Optimist Club Road on July 22nd and with taking a vehicle on July 17th from Eddie Sharp Racing on Denver Drive. Officers recovered the 1991 Buick Regal. The teens are also facing charges in Catawba and Iredell Counties.

A total of six stolen vehicles were recovered. The vehicles were reported stolen from Mooresville, Gastonia, Statesville, and Catawba and Iredell Counties. Officers also recovered property from the break-ins in one of the stolen vehicles. Investigation is continuing by Catawba County, Iredell County and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Offices in a joint effort.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Darrell Hutchens said additional charges would be filed against the teens in connection with other break-ins and thefts in Lincoln County.

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