Updated: February 3, 2012
Asheville Police say they have arrested the man wanted in connection to downtown break-ins.
Julian McKinnley Rector was taken into custody Thursday.
He is charged with breaking and entering, damage to property and larceny. Additional charges are pending.
Rector is being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $17,500 bond.
Updated: January 31, 2012
Asheville police are asking for your help finding a man wanted for questioning in a series of downtown break-ins.
They think Julian McKinnley Rector is involved in more than a dozen break-ins involving rocks being thrown through windows of businesses in order to steal the cash register.
Rector is wanted on several outstanding warrants. His last known address was in Weaverville.
Businesses believed to be targeted by Rector include:
Charlotte Street Citgo
Wall Street Coffee House
Instant Karma
The Costume Shop
Wonderland
Octopus Garden
Metro Chinese
House of Fabrics
Chocolate Lounge
Laurey's Catering
White Duck Taco Shop
Green Man Brewery
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Posted: January 20, 2012
The Asheville Police Department is asking for your help solving a series of break-ins.
Investigators think the six incidents that took place since January 6 in downtown Asheville and Merrimon Ave corridor are all connected.
Officials say each break-in has similar characteristics where a suspect throws something through a window and takes off with a cash register or tip jar.
He is described as a white male standing between 5'8" and 5'11"in his early 20's with a thin build wearing a hooded jacket and baggy pants.
The last reported break-in happened Thursday night at the House of Fabric on Merrimon Avenue. Someone saw it take place and followed the suspect to Hillside Street when the man got away.
Other break-ins include:
Metro Chinese on Merrimon Ave. on January 19
Octopus Garden on Merrimon Ave on January 18
Wonderland on Patton Avenue on January 16
Instant Karma on Lexington Avenue on January 10
Wall Street Coffee House on Wall Street on January 6
If you have any information that may help police find this man, call Crimestoppers at 255-5050.
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