2 arrested in N. Charleston restaurant burglary

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Police in North Charleston have arrested two people in connection with a burglary that happened Saturday morning.

Donte Ward, 38, and Jarrod Green, 37, both of North Charleston, are charged with second-degree violent burglary. Police say Green also had an active warrant for a burglary with the North Charleston Police Department.

Officers responded to Asian Garden on Rivers Avenue for a commercial burglar alarm around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a police report. When officers arrived on scene, they found a glass door that had been broken into and lights on inside the business, the report states.

Police say Ward tried to run away from the scene and led officers on a brief foot pursuit before he was arrested without incident.

Officers found and arrested Green who was still inside the business, the report states.

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