RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two teenagers accused of being part of a multicounty vehicle break-in spree appeared in front of a Wake County judge on Friday. Lester Mayo, 18, has been charged in connection with a rash of vehicle break-ins across Durham County, Wake County, and several Triangle cities, including Durham, Raleigh, Cary and Morrisville. According to the Raleigh Police Department, Mayo was served with 38 warrants totaling 110 felony charges and 52 misdemeanor charges. He was arrested on Thursday. He received no bond as a result of a weapons charge and a $250,000 secured bond on other charges in Wake County. Separately, he received a $250,000 secured bond for charges out of Durham County. A Durham Police Department spokesperson told ABC11 that Mayo was wanted in connection with several criminal offenses in the Bull City at the time of his arrest. Corey Wright, also 18, was arrested by Cary Police and charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, resisting a public officer and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Wright received a $10,000 secured bond and is due back in court later this month. Raleigh Police responded to a report of larceny from motor vehicles in the 1900 block of South Saunders Street on April 28, where a person recorded a suspect breaking into vehicles while brandishing a handgun, authorities said. Based on that incident, they were able to connect this to vehicle break-ins in Cary, Morrisville, Garner, Apex, Chapel Hill, and other locations to a group of suspects operating from the Durham area. ABC11 is tracking crime and safety across Durham, Raleigh and in your neighborhood Authorities said the suspects largely targeted high-density parking lots and construction sites, looking for firearms. In total, more than a dozen firearms were reported stolen during the incidents. The Durham
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