Justice Phillips
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – A man was arrested in South Carolina after allegedly damaging Lake Norman Airport on Saturday, according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the airport after a commercial burglary alarm went off. The front door was partially shattered and two windows were broken but no one appeared to enter the building. Deputies said the suspect fled in a vehicle. On Monday, deputies returned to the airport and located a damaged aircraft with an estimated $50,000 in losses.
Investigators tracked down the suspect’s vehicle, but the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina found it fully engulfed in flames on Interstate 26.
Deputies identified the suspect as 20-year-old Justice Phillips and arrested him in Calhoun County on charges for impeding the roadway, providing false information, and resisting arrest.
Phillips faces additional felony charges for breaking and entering a motor vehicle, attempted breaking and entering a building, and damage to property
The business sustained approximately $2,500 in losses for the damaged door and windows.
