RFP Staff
♦ It’s becoming a fact of life in a city racked by 25% poverty and crime for homeowners to return home after work or after a long summer weekend away to find either front door or backdoor battered down or maybe even a basement window jimmied. And when the owners venture into their house they find drawers and cabinets ransacked or their refrigerator contents a jumble. A rotisserie chicken torn apart by famished hands or a milk carton with thick purple lipstick coating the pour spout. Somebody was hungry during this break-in.
All over Salisbury’s historic district break-ins are chronic. There’s nothing like smelling strange body odor in your house and finding a disheveled stranger bedding down in the master bedroom. Such is life.
Tuesday an alleged homeless adventurer Patrick Tremayne Imes, Jr., 22, was found inside the historic Bernhardt home at 305 East Innes shortly after midnight by the Salisbury Police who spotted the door open. Somewhat dazed, the intruder was informed he had no business being there. Imes offered no protest and even admitted he saw the no trespassing sign on the door.
The police relieved Imes of a pot pipe and wrote him up a citation for possessing drug paraphernalia. He was arrested and charged him with breaking and entering a building (misdemeanor).
Under a $2,500 secured bond, Imes is currently in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Patrick Tremayne Imes, Jr. previous record:
