Overview
- Three masked men armed with baseball bats forced open the front door of a Beatrice Street home while a 12-year-old was on a video chat, police said Tuesday.
- The intruders were trying to find the child’s father and threatened to cause him serious bodily injury, according to the Danville Police Department.
- Officers set a perimeter and deployed two K9 teams, and a scent track led investigators from the scene to a nearby mobile home.
- Police say John Wilder admitted to the break-in and identified Nathan Wilder and a juvenile as accomplices during the investigation.
- Authorities seized three baseball bats, two ski masks and clothing as evidence, released the juvenile to a parent, and are holding John and Nathan Wilder at Rockingham County Jail pending arraignment.