Theft on 17XX RIVER DR, ROCKY MOUNT, NC

11/14/2009 02:54 PM. A WITNESS OBSERVED A SUSPICIOUS WHITE MALE NEAR THE CITY ELECTRIC TRANSFER STATION ON RIVER DR. NEAR SUNSET AVE. AND CALLED POLICE. OFFICERS ARRIVED AND OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, IDENTIFIED AS ROBERT ALEXANDER CORBITT, WALKING AWAY FROM THE AREA. UPON THE OFFICERS INSPECTING THE AREA, THEY FOUND THAT COPPER WIRE AT THE STATION HAD BEEN CUT AT VARIOUS POINTS AROUND THE FENCE AS WELL AS A BAG OF COPPER FROM THE STATION AND WIRE CUTTERS WERE FOUND AT THE REAR BY THE FENCE. UPON A FURTHER INSPECTION, AN ISUZU WAS LOCATED FURTHER DOWN RIVER DR. WITH ANOTHER WHITE MALE, NICHOLAS RONALD WILCOX, SITTING INSIDE IT AT SUNSET PARK. THE OFFICERS OBSERVED ADDITIONAL COPPER IN THE VEHICLE. BOTH SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND PROCESSED. CORBITT WAS CHARGED WITH LARCENY, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. WILCOX WAS CHARGED WITH AID AND ABET LARCENY. THEY WERE TRANSPORTED NASH COUNTY JAIL. CORBITT IS UNDER A $1,500, AND WILCOX HAS A $600 BOND. View Source.