WILMINGTON — A Wilmington man has been given a four to six year sentence in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of breaking and entering and three counts of felony larceny.
Dwight McKinsey Price, a 52-year-old Wilmington man, pled guilty to breaking into his former employer’s business on three separate occasions and stealing property inside on June 27, 2018, June 29, 2018, and July 1, 2018, according to a District Attorney press release.
“Price was caught on video surveillance breaking into Total Car Care on North Kerr Avenue. Price stole money and other small items inside the business, and broke the window out of the door during the breaking and entering,” according to the release.
Price is a habitual felon and spent 10 years in prison for previous convictions in Bumcombe County.
“Price had worked for the business for five years before being let go in 2016. Because of Price’s former employment with the business, he was easily identified as being the perpetrator caught on video surveillance. Price was apprehended by the New Hanover County Sherriff’s Department on July 1, 2018, shortly after breaking into the business,” according to the release.
“Superior Court Judge Paul Quinn sentenced Price again as a habitual felon, ordering Price to serve 58-82 months in prison. Judge Quinn also ordered restitution to be paid back to the victim. Price’s prior convictions include breaking into coin-operated machines, felony larceny, obstruction of justice, and multiple convictions out of Virginia,” the release concludes.
