Drake taken into custody

March 9, 2021

Drake taken into custody

The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office has announced Austin Drake has been taken into custody by the Union County (N.C.) Sheriff’s Office. Citizen information led deputies to a residence on Mangum Dairy Road where he was discovered hiding under the crawl space.

Drake was wanted for two counts of attempted murder, first-degree burglary and use of a weapon during a violent crime in reference to a home invasion on Highway 9 near Pageland on March 5.

Read the full account in the March 10 issue of The Link.