Overview
- Police identified the suspect as 41-year-old former employee Jonathon Hackett, saying he entered the closed Kinston restaurant and made pizzas for customers.
- Officers report he returned while employees were inside; a struggle followed, he was treated at UNC Lenoir, and he was arrested after being released.
- He is being held in the Lenoir County Jail on felony charges including breaking and entering, obtaining property by false pretenses, and larceny after breaking and entering, plus a misdemeanor breaking and entering count and a curfew violation.
- Warrants reported by WITN state he sold 10 pizzas and kept $50, and local reporting cites a $50,000 bond.
- Police say the investigation remains open and Little Caesars has not issued a public comment, and the police chief described the case as highly unusual for the area.