Jamestown man charged after Randolph County home burglary with children inside
A Trinity burglary turned into a foot chase after deputies say a woman and her three children were inside when the break-in happened. Robert Edward Clark remains jailed without bond.
A Jamestown man is jailed without bond after deputies say a burglary in Trinity turned into a foot chase when a woman and her three children were inside the home.
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it responded June 29 to Crescent Avenue in Trinity for a burglary in progress. Deputies said the suspect ran on foot before they arrived, forcing the search into the neighborhood rather than ending at the front door.
K-9 Frank was deployed to track the suspect’s path and led deputies to 45-year-old Robert Edward Clark. He was arrested and taken to the Randolph County Detention Center, where a magistrate found probable cause for felony first-degree burglary and set no bond. Clark is scheduled to appear in Randolph County District Court on July 2, 2026.
The case carries added weight for Guilford County readers because Clark is from Jamestown, placing the arrest within the broader Triad footprint even though the break-in happened in neighboring Randolph County. Trinity sits just south of Guilford County’s southern edge, and cases like this often move quickly between jurisdictions as deputies, detention officers and court officials handle the arrest and next steps.
No injuries were reported, but the detail that a woman and her three children were inside the home gives the burglary an especially unsettling edge. What began as a property crime became a public safety scare in a matter of minutes, first with the report of a burglary in progress and then with a search that depended on a tracking dog to locate the suspect.
North Carolina court records can be checked through county clerk offices, the Portal, or public self-service terminals in courthouses. That means the next stage of the case should be visible soon as the court process in Randolph County moves forward.
For neighbors in Guilford and Randolph counties, the arrest is another reminder of how fast a home break-in can escalate when someone is inside and the suspect flees before deputies arrive. In this case, the response ended with a K-9 track, an arrest and a no-bond hold, but the broader fear comes from how quickly the situation changed inside a home with children present.
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