Charleston, South Carolina — A suspect accused of breaking into several cars in a downtown Charleston neighborhood has been apprehended after police tracked him down with a pair of stolen Apple AirPods.
Officers from the Charleston Police Department responded to Gibbes Street near Lenwood Boulevard around 8 a.m. on September 20 after receiving reports of several vehicles being broken into overnight.
Authorities were able to locate the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Shaoquna Rishen Williams, after obtaining video footage from nearby residents and tracking a stolen set of AirPods.
“They discovered a stolen Rolex watch on the suspect’s wrist and recovered a bookbag containing additional property, including the tracked AirPods, all reported stolen in the nearby car break-ins,” according to a Chicago Police Department news release.
Williams is convicted of several charges, including receiving stolen goods worth more than $10,000, receiving stolen goods worth less than $2,000, breaking into motor vehicles three times, and tampering with a vehicle once.
According to authorities, Williams was under the supervision of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services at the time of the thefts for property-related offenses. He is currently being held in the Al Cannon Detention Center on $100,000 bail, according to jail records.
