BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A gun and $7,500 flew out of a car during a police chase last week, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office reports.
On Friday, June 9, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators identified a man with seven outstanding arrest warrants at a motel in Icard.
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Charles David Gilmore Jr. began driving towards East Burke Middle School with a female passenger when investigators tried to pull him over. Gilmore fled from officers, pulling into the rear entrance of the school.
While fleeing and still on school property, he threw a gun out of the driver’s side window. Gilmore ran his car through the front gate of the school and continued driving down Miller Bridge Road.
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Either Gilmore or the female passenger threw $7,500 in cash out the passenger window. Police pursued Gilmore on a high-speed chase throughout Burke County. Gilmore eventually wrecked his vehicle and was transported to the hospital for injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
Gilmore is held on a $453,001.00 bond. In addition to his previous outstanding warrants, he is now charged with four felony charges and four misdemeanors for fleeing to elude arrest, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of stolen goods.
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