Rocky Mount officer, police cadet charged in gun theft
A Rocky Mount police officer and a police cadet have been charged with breaking into a vehicle in Greenville and stealing a gun, authorities said Friday.
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David Ryan Christman, 25, of 3206 Sunset Ave. in Rocky Mount, and Marvin Joshua Cobb, 25, of 3018 Northridge Drive in Rocky Mount, were charged with breaking and entering of a vehicle, larceny of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm.
Christman is an officer with the Rocky Mount Police Department, and Cobb is a student in Basic Law Enforcement Training, authorities said.
Pitt County deputies learned that a stolen Benelli Nova 12-gauge pump-action shotgun was pawned Wednesday at a Greenville pawn shop. The gun was stolen in a 2007 vehicle break-in, authorities said.
They later traced the gun to Christman and Cobb, who were both living in Greenville at the time of the break-in, authorities said.
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