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A duo from Covington was indicted by a Rockbridge County grand jury last week on numerous counts of burglary, grand larceny and petit larceny in relation to a number of break-ins and thefts from storage units throughout the county over a six-month period. They are also facing charges related to similar break-ins in neighboring jurisdictions.
Natasha Rose Bowden, 25, and Asmodeous Frost (aka Daniel Preston Boone), 38, of Covington were indicted on Feb. 6 on 60 felony charges apiece in Rockbridge County Circuit Court: 15 counts of statutory burglary, 15 counts of conspiracy to commit statutory burglary, 15 counts of possession of burglary tools, five counts of grand larceny, five counts of conspiracy to commit grand larceny and five counts of larceny with intent to distribute. They were each also charged with nine misdemeanor counts of petit larceny.
The break-ins all took place between June 1 and Dec. 7 of last year. Capais warrants were issued for both, with Frost being served on Feb. 8 and Bowden being taken into custody by Rockbridge County deputies on Feb. 12. A hearing to set the date for Frost’s trial is scheduled for May 1 and Bowden has a hearing scheduled regarding attorney arrangements on Feb. 21.
Rockbridge County Deputy Chief Tony McFaddin told The News-Gazette on Tuesday that the sheriff’s office had received calls regularly over that time period for break-ins and thefts at storage units throughout the county, and that the investigation revealed connections to similar cases in Alleghany, Augusta and Bath counties, as well as the city of Covington.
Both suspects were directly indicted by a Bath County grand jury on Jan. 17 for six counts of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny and one count of burglary at night with intent to commit a felony. Frost was also indicted by an Augusta County grand jury for one count of possession of burglary tools and one count of breaking and entering to commit larceny. As of Feb. 14, Bowden has not been indicted on any charges in Augusta County, and neither have been indicted on any related charges in Alleghany County.
McFaddin said that all of the involved jurisdictions have “recovered different items linking to different break-ins” and that the case has been so involved that some jurisdictions are still updating the case file.
“How well we and the neighboring jurisdictions work together was what broke this case,” he concluded. -For the full list of the remaining indictments handed down by the Rockbridge County grand jury last week, see next week’s paper.
