Two Greenwood men were arrested after police found them walking the streets in the middle of the night carrying several bags and cases filled with stolen items, including a gun, ammunition and a laptop.
Christopher C. Jones, 41, 601 Park Drive, was arrested on a charge of possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. Justin Lee Charlton, 24, 342 Watson Lane, was arrested on the same charge, plus a charge of carrying a handgun without a license.
Greenwood police were patrolling an area near Broadway and McKinley streets after they received a report of an attempted burglary in the neighborhood, according to a Greenwood police report.
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At around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, an officer spotted Jones and Charlton — both wearing dark colored clothing — crossing Broadway Street carrying several items each, police said.
Police stopped them, the report said.
Jones and Charlton told police they were going through trash “scrapping,” and said they found the items they were carrying with them in the trash, but would not say where exactly, according to the report.
When asked if they had any weapons on them, both men said they had knives, and Charlton said he also had an ammunition magazine in his shirt pocket.
Police searched them and recovered the items, the report said.
Inside a large black range bag, police found a handgun and three clear zip-lock baggies filled with ammunition for a rifle, pistol and the handgun, according to the report.
Police also found a laptop inside a laptop bag, the report said.
Inside a purse-type bag, police found a pair of wide-angle binoculars, and inside a plastic case, they found an emergency car repair kit and emergency repair tools, according to the report.
At 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, police located the owner of the laptop. He said all of the items found on Jones and Charlton were stolen from his locked car in the 100 block of Washington Street.
Jones is being held at the Johnson County jail on $6,600 bond. Charlton is being held at the jail on $9,900 bond.
