Sheriff investigates burglary at late Nascar driver Greg Biffle’s home | Nascar
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a suspected break-in and theft last week at the North Carolina home of retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle, one of seven people who died in a plane crash last month.
The alleged burglary and forced entry into the Biffle home in Mooresville was reported Jan. 8, according to an incident report from the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Darren Campbell said Wednesday that investigators believe someone broke into a safe in the home. In addition to $30,000 in cash and a backpack identified as stolen in the incident report, Campbell said some guns and memorabilia were also missing.
Campbell said no arrests were made and no one else was in the home at the time of the alleged crimes. The incident report states the home was last known to be secure on the afternoon of January 7.
“We’re working on the case. We’re waiting for digital evidence,” Campbell said, adding that interviews are also underway.
A business jet carrying Biffle, his wife, two children and three others crashed Dec. 18 while attempting to return to an airport in Statesville — located about 45 miles north of Charlotte — minutes after takeoff.
Federal investigators said the Cessna C550 caught fire when it hit the ground short of the runway. Everyone on board is dead.
No cause of the accident has been released. Biffle was one of three people on board with a pilot’s license. Investigators said immediately after the crash that they did not know who the flight’s primary pilot was.
A public memorial service for Biffle, who won 19 Nascar Cup Series races during his career, and the six others killed, is planned for Friday morning at a Charlotte arena.
