38-year-old Jennifer Bunn Beatty of 20th Street N.E. in Hickory has been arrested by Catawba County Sheriff’s Officers on four counts of breaking & entering, three counts of larceny after breaking & entering, and single counts of possession of burglary tools, identity theft, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She also faces two counts of twice failing to appear in court on charges of breaking & entering and larceny after breaking & entering.

Beatty was jailed yesterday (August 13) in the Catawba County Detention Facility under a $15,000 bond. She remained in jail as of this afternoon. District and Superior court appearances were scheduled today in Newton with another Superior Court date on the failure to appear charges coming up on August 28.