CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte man faces dozens of felony charges in connection with a series of break-ins at businesses that netted more than $65,000 in cash and merchandise over two nights this month, court documents show.

Emil Jafeth Lagos-Herrera, 19, was charged with breaking and entering at 16 separate locations, larceny after break-in at 11 businesses, and 16 counts of felony conspiracy, according to warrants issued Oct. 21 by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

Lagos-Herrera was arrested Oct. 14 as a fugitive from South Carolina, where he is wanted on charges of second-degree burglary with forced entry at a nonresidential property, according to an arrest warrant.

The Charlotte-area incidents occurred on Oct. 6 and Oct. 13 at retail stores, restaurants, and service businesses in shoppin

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