MANSFIELD — Two teenagers, 15 and 16, have been charged with burglary for Friday’s Laver Road home invasion, according to Richland County Sheriff Steve Sheldon.
The duo, who will not be named because they are juveniles, were arrested Friday and transported to the Richland County Juvenile Detention Center. Sheldon said the two juveniles are also suspected of being involved in a burglary on South Ford Road that occurred after the incident on Laver Road.
Minutes after the 911 call about the home invasion in the 600 block of Laver Road, dispatchers received a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of South Ford Road. The caller said he confronted individuals in a tan Buick Century 4-door. The suspects fled rapidly backing up and striking a tree, leaving vehicle parts at the scene, the sheriff’s office reported.
The 74-year-old caller told deputies up to four gunshots were fired at him from the vehicle as it sped north on Ford Road. It was just prior to this confrontation that the burglary had occurred in the 100 block of South Ford Road. The burglary was not reported until Sunday, Aug. 28. 2016 at 9 a.m.
The teens have not been charged in the South Ford Road burglary as of Monday. At least one gun has been identified as being stolen from the South Ford Road burglary. It was recovered at the Floral Court Apartment complex Friday during the execution of the search warrant.
