Pair Caught With Stolen Trucks of Furniture

A Morganton pair have been arrested after police say they were caught with two stolen trucks loaded with furniture.  34-year-old Douglas Herman Saunders and 41-year-old Jennifer Brooke Laws, are each charged with one felony count of larceny of a motor vehicle and two felony counts of possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Laws faces several additional charges.

Last Friday morning the Burke County Sheriff’s Office responded to a theft at 1185 Drexel Road, Morganton, where two Ford Cutaway Van Trucks loaded with furniture were stolen. The total value of the vehicles and property stolen is $30,000. After receiving a tip, deputies arrived at the suspects’ residence. Friday and found the two stolen trucks still loaded with the furniture.