Sheriff’s Office Charges Two with Burglaries on Kincannon Lane and No Pone Road

Curtis Wayne Collier

Bradley County Sheriff’s detectives have charged two suspects with burglaries at  homes on Kincannon Lane on July 29 and No Pone Road on July 30.

An investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division led to the identification of two suspects, Curtis Wayne Collier, 21, of 2770 Springplace Road, and Kevin George Magendie Jr., 19, of 554 No Pone Road.

From 250 Kincannon Lane reported stolen were two guns, a DVD player, video game system, several knives and other items. The items were valued at $1,385.

From 552 No Pone Road the loss included a stereo and speakers and DVD’s valued at $1,750.

Most of the property has been recovered.

Kevin George Magendie

Collier and Magendie are charged with two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of theft over $1,000.   

In addition, Magendie is charged with two counts of theft under $500 and two counts of vandalism over $500.

During questioning Magendie gave investigators information about thefts of copper tubing on June 29 from Eastview Baptist Church at 2083 No Pone Road and Standfield Baptist Church at 1549 No Pone Road. Both investigations revealed copper tubing had been removed from the heating / air conditioning systems of the two churches allowing propane gas to escape.

At Eastview Baptist approximately 400 gallons of propane was released, a loss of around $800 which was in addition to damage to the system that amounted to around $400.

At Standfield Baptist about 500 gallons of propane was allowed to escape when copper tubing was removed from a storage tank. The value of the propane was in excess of $1,000.   

The copper was later sold to a scrap dealer for $30.