Morganton Public Safety Officers responded early Monday, to a reported breaking and entering at K-Mart on Bost Store.

The store manager arrived about 6:45 and discovered the front door window broken. After officers arrived, they found that the glass had been smashed with a rock.

Several items of jewelry from two display cases were taken, with a value that is expected to exceed $1,000. The thief was inside the store for about two minutes before exiting. Morganton Public Safety obtained surveillance video from the store and will be releasing images and suspect description.

Two Burke Meth Traffickers were sentenced Monday in Statesville.

U.S.District Judge Richard L.Vorhees handed down lengthy prison terms to 41-year-old Chuck Allen Church Jr., of Morganton and in a separate case, 54-year-old Jeffrey Brent Church of Connelly Springs.

Chuck Allen Church, Jr. was sentenced to 240 months, followed by five years of supervised release, with Jeffrey Brent Church receiving a sentence of 169 months in prison five years under court supervision upon completion of his prison terms.

An investigation is continuing by Marion Police in connection with a Breaking, Entering and Larceny that occurred Sunday March 25th at Boondocks Sports and Grill on U.S.221 South in Marion.

According to Marion Police, two unidentified individuals went into the establishment and took an undisclosed amount of cash.

Anyone with information on the identity of these two individuals ia asked to call the Marion Police Department at 652-5205 or McDowell County Crime Stoppers at 65-CRIME.

A missing Taylorsville couple were taken into custody Monday in Virginia.

Wytheville Police arrested 48-year-old Carl Lee Dotson and 32-year-old Brandi Michelle Risden who were found in be in possession of a firearm and controlled substance. Charges are pending for Dotson and Risden in the state of Virginia and are also awaiting extradition back to North Carolina.

Last week, Dotson was issued a warrant for failing to appear on charges of Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury and Assault by Strangulation in Alexander County Superior Court. It was discovered that Risden, Dotson's girlfriend was missing with their four-month-old daughter. The child was later found safe with a family member in West Virginia.