Massac Deputies Arrest Men Wanted in NC Burglary

Two North Carolina men suspected of vehicle theft and burglary were arrested in Massac County.

The Massac County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded at 6 a.m. Friday to a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle on Jefferson School Road. Deputies learned 33-year-old Sean Woods of Andrews, NC had three felony warrants for possession of meth out of South Carolina, along with several misdemeanor warrants. Woods was arrested without incident.

Deputies found several guns inside the vehicle along with collectors coins, collectible knives, jewelry and ammunition. Deputies and Illinois State Police troopers began searching the area after they discovered Woods had a second person with him who had left the area.

Through collaboration with the Cherokee County, NC Sheriff's Office, Massac deputies determined the vehicle, along with the firearms, knives, coins, ammo and jewelry were reported stolen from a home there. 

On Monday afternoon, a deputy arrested 28-year-old Austin Cole after seeing him walking on US 45 North near Oak Glen Lake. Items located on Cole tied him to the recovered stolen vehicle.

Woods and Cole are expected to be extradited back to North Carolina.