A 35-year-old West Virginia man was caught red handed in a burglary attempt Sunday morning.

On January 7th at approximately 10:41 a.m. Deputy S.M. Craig and Deputy N.D. Fonseca responded to Auto Chiefs, located at 198 Tyler Von Way, for a business alarm. When deputies arrived, they observed signs of a break in not only at Auto Chiefs, but the business next door, Carplug. On scene was a man identified as Jerrylee Adams.

Adams advised he was an employee of Auto Chiefs there to do some drywall work before going next door to buy a vehicle. Both businesses were contacted and neither had any knowledge of Adams. Adams was detained and deputies were able to uncover something similar to a scene from the Shawshank Redemption.

It was discovered Adams attempted to break into Auto Chiefs using a crowbar on the front door. When Plan A failed, he resorted to Plan B and broke in using a broken garage panel. When he gained access to the business, he tunneled through the wall into the adjacent business, Carplug. While there, he stole keys to a vehicle, a company hat, and a company pen Adams advised he was going to use in order to write a note to the business that he was taking the vehicle for a “test drive.” On his way to retrieve the vehicle, deputies made contact with him with all the stolen items still on his person.

Unlike Andy Dunfresne, Adam would not be able to escape this. He was charged with two counts of statutory burglary, attempted grand larceny, larceny, possession of burglary tools, and two counts of destruction of property. After a contentious hearing with the magistrate, he was held at Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.

Amazing work to Deputy Craig and Deputy Fonseca for responding quickly and making this arrest.

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