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• Police charge TV host's son with burglary

October 15, 2007 (Franklin, TN) – A Franklin man suspected of stealing high-end guitars, electronics and a Yamaha Waverunner has been charged with burglary and theft.

Police searched the home of Charles David Bernard at 116 Watermill Trace in Franklin's Fieldstone Farms subdivision on Friday. Bernard is the 23-year-old son of television talk show host Charlie Chase.

He is charged with theft of property valued at more than $1,000 and two counts of burglary. He was still at the Williamson County jail this morning, with bail set at $75,000.

Investigators say Bernard is connected to two burglaries that occurred Oct. 5 and Oct. 9 at the Music and Arts Center in Cool Springs and burglaries at Computer Renaissance and Michael Renee Portrait Studio in Brentwood.

Bernard was serving probation for breaking into an Oak Hill home in 2002. Police said he will be charged with violating that probation.

In the Oak Hill case, Bernard was shot in the face by the homeowner. Police said Bernard, who was 17 at the time of the break-in, was accused of bringing guns and duct tape to the home.

In 2003, a Davidson County judge sentenced Bernard to 90 days in jail and more than seven years of probation. Bernard was also ordered to pay the homeowners $5,000.

At a sentencing hearing on Oct. 3, 2003, Bernard said he'd developed a drug habit costing him $800 to $1,000 a week.

-By Mitchell Kline, Staff Writer, Tennessean.com