A Mount Airy man is facing a dozen charges — including seven felonies — stemming from a suspicious-person investigation last Saturday which linked him to a break-in discovered earlier that day at Simmons Powersports.
Lucas Gabriel Dunton, 31, of 619 Creed St., is being held without privilege of bond in the Surry County Jail.
Despite a city break-in being involved, Dunton actually came under the scrutiny of the Surry Sheriff’s Office Saturday during the suspicious-person inquiry at a location on Maple Grove Church Road in the county.
After a brief investigation by Surry authorities, Dunton was identified as the suspect in a felonious breaking and entering that had occurred just before that encounter at Simmons Powersports on West Pine Street, a motorcycle dealership.
It involved the theft of a Honda 450R dirt bike valued at $11,000 and a 2015 Chevrolet Impala, $5,000, along with miscellaneous tools, according to city police reports.
Dunton, who was driving the stolen Impala when arrested, police records indicate, additionally was found with drugs during his arrest, with the dirt bike also listed as recovered.
He is accused of felony charges including breaking and entering, larceny, attempted breaking or entering of a building, larceny after breaking and entering, fleeing to elude arrest, possession of burglary tools and possessing methamphetamine.
Misdemeanor violations of resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer; simple possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of marijuana paraphernalia; and no operator’s license also were issued against Dunton.
He awaits a July 29 appearance in Surry District Court.
The case involving Simmons Powersports was not Lucas Gabriel Dunton’s first brush with the law this month, for which he already was scheduled to appear in court next Monday.
In the early morning hours of July 3, Dunton was jailed on drug and weapons charges, including possession of psilocybin (mushrooms), after being encountered by officers in the parking lot of Mill Creek General Store during a suspicious-vehicle investigation.
He is accused in that incident with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, a felony, along with possessing a Schedule I controlled substance and carrying a concealed weapon, listed as a Polymer 80 semi-automatic handgun.
Dunton further was charged on July 3 with possessing drug paraphernalia (a glass smoking pipe), with a Mossberg .22-caliber rifle also seized by police.
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