three arrested for burglary

According to Sevier Co. Sheriff Ron Seals 3 people have been arrested in connection with a burglary that occurred on this morning in Sevier County.

Seals stated that at approximately 1:09PM Sevier County Sheriff Department received a call from a resident on Kellum Creek Rd. stating that there was a burglary in progress at a neighbors home and that the three suspects had fled the scene in the victims gold Ford Expedition.

SCSD Officers responded to the scene and other officers were dispatched to the area.

Officer Jerry McCarter spotted the vehicle on Lane Hollow and attempted to stop the vehicle without success.

The Officer pursued the vehicle to Walnut Grove Rd. where the vehicle ran off the road.

A female, who was driving the vehicle, was taken into custody at that time and a male subject fled on foot.

A K-9 unit from Pigeon Forge came to the scene and tracked the subject to an area where the scent was lost at a apartment complex nearby.

Upon investigation information was developed as to the identity of the male that fled and another female that was involved.

The two suspects were picked up at different locations and brought to SCSD for futher investigation.

Inside the stolen SUV investigators recovered a rifle and other personal property belonging to the victims that had been taken from the home.

All three were charged with Aggravated Burglary by Det. Stephanie McClure and King, driver of the SUV was charged with evading arrest and theft by Off McCarter.

The homeowner is the mother of Pigeon Forge Police Lt. Steve Helton who was involved in the hit and run motorcycle accident earlier this week in Sevierville.

Lt. Helton's mother was admitted to the cardiac unit at UT Hospital after suffering a heart attack at the hospital while her son was being treated.

Charged in the Burglary are: Bridget Ann King age 27 of 845 Union Hill Dr Sevierville, TN; Laura Lynn Conaway age 36 of 845 Union Dell Court Sevierville, Tn; Ralph Daniel Lee age 41 of Swaggerty Rd Kodak

Lee had an outstanding Aggravated Burglary Warrant and a Violation Of Probation warrant outstanding at time of arrest. All three will be arraigned at a later date and a court date will be set.