A Roanoke Rapids man currently in jail on forgery and uttering charges from earlier this month now faces a string of new charges in an unrelated case involving three break-ins in the Driftwood Lane area.

Detective Obert Wiltsie said Erik Shane Lassiter, 26, has been charged with three counts of breaking and entering, three counts of larceny, three counts of possession of stolen goods, two counts of larceny of a firearm, two counts of larceny of a firearm by convicted felon, 15 counts of forgery of an instrument, 15 counts of uttering a forged instrument, 15 counts of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of inmate in possession of tobacco.

For these charges Lassiter was given a $50,000 bond and November 19 court date.

He was already in jail on a $20,000 bond for the previous October counts.

Wiltsie said Lassiter was allegedly tied to the most recent charges following an investigation into three different breaking and entering reports from the Driftwood Lane area.

These cases involved the theft of checks, which were stolen and used to buy a couple of hundred dollars worth of items.

Checks in the previous case had been stolen in June or July in the Roanoke Rapids area, Wiltsie said.