Two Charged With Break-ins

{Smithers, West Virginia}…Friday, Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 38 year old Clinton Hall of Mossy and 52 year old Vernon Estep of Gallagher. Investigators believe Hall may have been responsible for at least 11 break-ins around Fayette, Raleigh and Boone Counties. Deputies say the crime wave may have begun with the July 8th break-in at the Custard Stand in the Lochgelly area of Oak Hill. Friday morning, deputies tracked Hall's truck to Smithers following a break-in at the nearby Taco Bell. Deputies stopped Hall's truck and found money they believe was missing from the Taco Bell and "burglary tools" in the back of his truck. Investigators said more than $50,000 dollars has been stolen from the businesses. Hall is charged with one count of breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny, and Estep is charged as an accessory after the fact, while other charges are pending. Both have prior convictions for theft.