Nearly 50 guns, truck and boat found seized in multi-county investigation
HEAD FROM NOW THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> NEARLY 50 GUNS, A TRUCK AND
A BOAT DEPUTIES TELL US MOST OF
THOSE ITEMS WERE STOLEN,
INCLUDING MORE THAN A DOZEN
OF THESE GUNS IN COMBINED
EFFORT. DEPUTIES FROM WAR AND
HALIFAX COUNTIES ARRESTED THESE
2 MEN BELIEVED TO BE
RESPONSIBLE. WRAL'S ST.
PATERSON TALKED WITH BOTH
SHERIFFS ABOUT HOW THEY USE
TECHNOLOGY AND SHARED RESOURCES
TO TRACK THEM DOWN.
>> ONE OF 2 PEOPLE ARRESTED IS
STILL IN CUSTODY HERE. AND THE
HALIFAX COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER. THE OTHER IS IN WARREN
COUNTY WHERE THE INVESTIGATION
BEGAN. IT ALL STARTED WITH A
SERIES OF BREAK-INS IN WARREN
COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS NOTICED
THE SAME CAR, MULTIPLE SCENES
THAT KIND OF OPEN UP A LOT OF
AVENUES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN
BRANCH SAYS HIS INVESTIGATORS
CALLED ON HALIFAX COUNTY FOR
HEALTH AND THROUGH 8.
>> FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM. WE WERE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE CALL
HAD COME INTO OUR COUNTY
TOGETHER. THEY FOUND A STOLEN
BOAT, A STOLEN TRUCK. AND 48
GUNS ABOUT A DOZEN WERE STOLEN.
>> DEPUTIES ARRESTED JOHN
STALLINGS AND KODY PETERSON AT
THIS POINT.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY INKLINGS OR
DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING
THAT THIS WOULD BE PART OF?
A LARGER OPERATION? QUITE A BIT
OF ITEMS FROM QUITE A FEW
AREAS. AND SO THAT WOULD LEAD
ME TO BELIEVE THAT IS BIGGER
THAN WHAT WE SEE.
>> BUT UNTIL THEY CAN, YOU
KNOW, TURNING UP IN AN
INVESTIGATION. I CAN'T SPEAK
ON THAT, RIGHT. BOTH SHERIFF
SAY THAT MORE CHARGES AND MORE