Suspect Arrested In Connection To Downtown Hickory Break-ins (Updated 6:29 a.m., 1/18/21) Chad McDaniel Byrd Suspect Arrested In Connection To Downtown Hickory Break-ins (Updated 6:29 a.m., 1/18/21) January 16, 2021 Hickory Police located and arrested 44-year-old Chad McDaniel Byrd of Old Bristol Road in Boone Saturday (January 16) in connection to multiple breaking and entering cases that occurred in the Downtown area of Hickory. Byrd was charged by Hickory Police with seven counts of felony breaking and entering, two felony counts of larceny after breaking and entering, four counts of misdemeanor injury to personal property, one count of felony possession of cocaine and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Byrd is also charged in Caldwell County with four felony counts of breaking and entering and one felony count of larceny after breaking and entering.