3 face charges in Sea Pines television thefts

Three people were charged with grand larceny and first-degree burglary after four televisions with a combined value of $5,000 were stolen from a Sea Pines home late Monday night.

Marcos Chavarria-Lobo, 23, of Hilton Head Island; Camille Carter, 21, of Okatie; and Alec Haughton-James, 23, of Hilton Head, were charged after Chavarria-Lobo told deputies he, Carter and Haughton-James had taken the televisions from a home that was under construction on Mizzenmast Court, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Chavarria-Lobo was taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center.

Investigators then turned to USCB campus police for surveillance video of Carter and Haughton-James, who were believed to live at the New River campus, the release said.

Video surveillance showed Carter carrying a big-screen television from her car to her dorm early Tuesday afternoon.

USCB police went to the vehicle and observed what appeared to be a television inside, the release said.

As campus police waited for sheriff’s office investigators to arrive, Carter and Haughton-James arrived and agreed to be brought in for questioning at the Bluffton Police Department.

While they were being questioned, a warrant to search Carter’s vehicle and dorm room was obtained, and investigators found two additional televisions, the release said.

Carter and Haughton-James were taken to the detention center.

Bonds for Chavarria-Lobo, Carter and Haughton-James were set at $60,000 with ankle monitoring once they are released.

This story was originally published April 6, 2016 at 8:09 PM with the headline "3 face charges in Sea Pines television thefts."