Georgetown- Delaware State Police arrested 36-year-old Carlton E. Breasure of Georgetown on burglary and criminal charges following an incident Thursday night.

On April 22, 2021, at approximately 9:35 p.m., troopers responded to a residence off of Farm Lane for a reported theft in progress. The female resident reported an unknown male subject was on her property and removing items from her vehicle. The victim fired a single shot from her handgun away from the suspect towards the woods to scare off the individual but he did not leave. As officers arrived on scene, they located the male, later identified as Carlton E. Breasure, walking on a dirt lane towards the police vehicles, holding items in his hands. Commands were given for Breasure to drop the items but he failed to comply and began to walk away. Breasure failed to comply with commands to stop and resisted arrest. He was taken into custody and transported to a nearby hospital where he was medically cleared and released. The investigation determined, the female resident was inside her home when she heard a noise in her backyard and then a knock at her front door. She did not open the door because she did not recognize the male but asked the subject who it was and he failed to respond. He was instructed to leave her property at which time she observed him pour some type of liquid on her front step and walk towards her vehicles that were parked in the driveway. The subject then entered the unlocked vehicles and removed multiple items that were located inside them and a shed located next to the vehicles. All property was returned to the victim and she was uninjured.

Once Breasure was transported back to Troop 4, he failed to comply with being fingerprinted or photographed. A computer inquiry revealed Breasure had an active capias out of Justice of the Peace Court #14.

• Burglary 3rd Degree (Felony)
• 2 counts- Theft Under $1,500
• Resisting Arrest
• Failure to Comply with Taking of Photographs and Fingerprints
• Criminal Mischief
• Criminal Trespass 3rd Degree

Breasure was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #3 and issued a $7,150.00 unsecured bond. He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution for his active capias out of Justice of the Peace Court #14.

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Presented by Public Information Officer, Master Corporal Heather Pepper

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