Police say the man charged with burglarizing late NASCAR star Greg Biffle’s home following his fatal plane crash in 2025 tracked “highly publicized” deaths.
This past May, search warrants revealed that the break-in at Greg Biffle’s house, which occurred soon after his death in a plane crash, was thought to be an inside operation by someone close to him. Detectives said the suspect seemed to know where the security cameras were and how the residence was set up.
However, on Tuesday, Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell publicly identified 44-year-old Terrell Williams in connection with the Biffle home burglary.
According to investigators, Williams broke into Biffle’s house and took several suitcases, two Glock pistols, tens of thousands of dollars in cash, and NASCAR memorabilia. Detectives said Williams spent many hours inside the home and knew where the security cameras were located.
Sheriff Campbell said investigators recovered an RF or radio frequency detector during the execution of search warrants. Video from the break-in showed the suspect carrying an electronic device. “Cameras and other wireless security equipment can be located using this kind of device,” he said.
An alleged crime in Georgia led to the suspect’s arrest
WCNC News reports that when the Cobb County Police Department contacted the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office on July 29 with information linking Williams to the Biffle break-in, investigators said it was a major breakthrough. Investigators found many of Biffle’s belongings at the scene, including championship rings and other NASCAR items.
According to The Charlotte Observer, Sheriff Campbell said Williams had a history of breaking into houses and taking items when he knew the homes would be unoccupied. He would choose which homes to target by reading news on social media. Williams is accused of breaking into a house in Cobb County, Georgia, that had been the scene of a “highly publicized homicide.”
Police charged Williams, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, with three counts of felony second-degree burglary, felony safecracking, felony money laundering, two counts of felony obtaining property by false pretenses, felony possession of burglary tools, three counts of felony larceny of a firearm and felony larceny after breaking and entering.
Williams is being held in Cobb County, Georgia, without bond. Officials are working to secure a transfer to North Carolina so he can face charges in Iredell County after Cobb County prosecutes him.
The burglary isn’t the only active investigation related to Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle’s bank accounts are still the subject of another inquiry, according to Campbell. The day following the plane crash, authorities reported “suspicious activity” on the Biffles’ bank accounts and email.
According to the search warrants, the day after the Biffle family perished in the plane crash, an email sent to Greg Biffle’s account read, “I heard you’re dead, rest in hell.”
That same day, investigators claim that someone altered passwords, phone numbers, and email addresses associated with Greg and Cristina Biffle’s bank accounts. Also, someone cashed a bogus check from one of the Biffles’ accounts. The search warrant alleges that someone made additional attempts to hack the bank account. Investigators also later found fraudulent activity on Cristina’s Venmo account.
“There are multiple suspects over multiple states. We can’t say they’re not connected, but we’re still investigating,” Iredell County detectives said in May.