Mooresville Man Charged After Fugitive Found In Home: Sheriff

MOORESVILLE, NC — A Mooresville man was arrested this week by Iredell County sheriff’s deputies after a suspect wanted on outstanding warrants in three counties was found in his home, hiding in a broom closet, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

On Jan. 25, deputies received a tip that the wanted suspect, Stephen Rush Styron, 36, was in a home in the 300 block of Rinehardt Road in Mooresville. He was wanted on several outstanding warrants from Mecklenburg, Rowan and Iredell counties, ICSO said.

When deputies responded to the home, however, resident Brian Richard Harwell, 53, told deputies Styron was not in the home.

Deputies then asked to search the home for Styron. “Harwell told them he needed to check with another occupant in the residence first. After several minutes, Harwell came back to the door and allowed the deputies inside,” ICSO said.

It was then that deputies found Styron hiding in a bedroom closet. He was taken into custody without incident, and is being held in the Iredell County Detention Center without bond for a probation violation warrant. For the remaining charges, a magistrate set his secured bond at $686,500.

Harwell was also arrested, charged with felony obstruction of justice, misdemeanor harboring a fugitive, and misdemeanor resisting a public officer. His bond was set at $50,000. According to ICSO, he has a pending charge for possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine.

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