ADDITIONAL MAN FACES CHARGES FOR NOVEMBER BREAK-INS
January 7, 2026
Hillsborough, NC (January 7, 2026) – Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office charged an additional man, Keshaun Christopher Byrd, 24, with multiple offenses related to a series of November crimes committed in neighboring communities on Red Hill Lane and Seven Springs Road.
Byrd is in the Durham County Detention Center under an $847,000.00 bond as he awaits trial on similar charges from multiple agencies. Officials served Byrd yesterday at the jail with the following felony warrants from the Orange County crimes:
22 counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle.
Larceny of a motor vehicle.
Larceny of a firearm.
First-degree burglary to a residence.
Attempted first-degree residential burglary.
Three counts of breaking and entering sheds and other outbuildings.
Sergeant K. Goodwin, the lead Orange County investigator, started considering Byrd as a suspect after collaborating with colleagues at the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Goodwin determined that Byrd was with Jostin Josue Ramirez-Duarte, 18, and a 17-year-old person at the time of the November crimes. Officials charged them in December. [See previously issued news release below for more information.]
Byrd, a Durham resident, remains in the Durham County jail under the Pretrial Integrity Act. This statute allows for preventative detention for people charged with certain additional offenses while awaiting trial on other crimes. For the new crimes, a judge, not a magistrate, must set or deny conditions of pretrial release at the defendant’s first appearance. That court hearing is scheduled for Thursday, January 8, 2026.