A Charlotte man with 105 documented police interactions since 2011 is facing a fresh batch of criminal charges after investigators linked property recovered during his arrest to a string of unsolved thefts in the city's Hickory Grove Division. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department detectives charged 32-year-old Elijah Aziz Williams with two counts of felony larceny, two counts of misdemeanor larceny, two counts of misdemeanor conspiracy, and one count of felony possession of burglary tools, according to a Tuesday announcement.
The charges stem from evidence seized back on June 29, when officers with the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Williams on multiple outstanding warrants spanning both North and South Carolina. According to CMPD News
, CMPD's Aviation Unit assisted task force officers in locating and taking Williams into custody that day. Among the warrants were four felony probation violations, and police describe Williams as a habitual felon.
Task force officers recovered roughly $2,600 in suspected stolen property from the scene, including multiple Lego sets, electronics, and clothing, per the same CMPD announcement. That property was turned over to CMPD for processing, and detectives subsequently connected several of the recovered items to open felony larceny cases already under investigation in the Hickory Grove Division.
A Long Record Across CMPD Divisions
Williams' rap sheet stretches back 15 years across multiple CMPD divisions, with the department citing 105 known interactions with officers since 2011 and 135 separate charges accumulated since 2022.
As of Tuesday, Williams remains incarcerated in the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office while authorities evaluate whether additional charges from other jurisdictions will follow, the city's announcement states. The case reports associated with the investigation are numbered 20260605-1907-03, 20260605-1914-00, and 20260629-1334-00.
Legos Among the Recovered Property
A report by ARLnow described a particular alleged theft-and-resale scheme involving Lego minifigures in the D.C. area. The report said an eBay storefront generated more than $36,000 in proceeds over 12 months.
Under North Carolina law, the value of stolen goods determines how seriously a theft case is treated. Property valued above $1,000 is charged as a Class H felony under N.C.G.S. § 14-72, while lesser amounts are typically charged as a Class 1 misdemeanor absent aggravating circumstances, according to the Hiltzheimer Law Office. That statutory line helps explain why Williams faces a mix of felony and misdemeanor larceny counts stemming from the same investigation.
The June arrest involved cooperation between federal and local law enforcement in North Carolina.
Part of a Broader Repeat-Offender Push
CMPD frames the case as part of a broader strategy targeting repeat offenders whose activity disproportionately drives property crime statistics. The department says it works closely with local, state, and federal partners with the goal of addressing repeat offenders and reducing their impact on the community.
It remains unresolved whether prosecutors will pursue formal habitual felon indictment proceedings against Williams or whether South Carolina authorities will file their own charges.
