STARKVILLE — The Oktibbeha County Sheriff”s Department last week arrested two Starkville men for burglarizing a business on Old West Point Road.
Both Nathan F. Holloway, 35, of Starr Avenue, and Lawrence L. Henderson, 49, of Hancock Street, were charged with burglary of a commercial building for breaking into and stealing tools from S. Bock Contracting at 1243 Old West Point Road, OCSD Chief Deputy George Carrithers said.
Henderson had an outstanding warrant for an embezzlement charge and was a fugitive on the run from authorities in Florida, Carrithers said. He is being held in Oktibbeha County Jail. Holloway was released on a $10,000 bond, Carrithers said.
At around 8 p.m. on March 13, Holloway and Henderson broke into S. Bock Contracting and stole a number of items, including a chop saw, a reciprocating saw, an auger, work lights and other tools, Carrithers said. A witness was able to give the Sheriff”s Department the license tag number of a vehicle at the scene, which led to Holloway and Henderson, Carrithers said. Both were arrested March 18, he said.
Stephen Bock, owner of S. Bock Contracting, said a majority of the items stolen were personal tools he stored at the building. He was grateful to the Sheriff”s Department and Assistant Commander Leslie West, who oversaw the case.
“The Sheriff”s Department and Leslie West … did an excellent job,” Bock said.
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