Police: officer catches alleged burglar in the act

BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH/BURNET BULLETIN

A Marble Falls Police officer's instincts led to the arrest of a suspected burglar on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Officer Kyle Ciolfi arrested James Ray Davis, Jr., 40, of Marble Falls, when Ciolfi noticed the man exhibiting suspicious behavior on Commerce Street on Saturday, May 21.

While Ciolfi was on patrol at about 12:39 p.m., he noticed Davis' vehicle backed up to a storage unit at Burnet Storage in the 2700 block of the street.

“He thought it was kind of strange,” said Marble Falls Capt. Glenn Hanson.

Ciolfi checked the license plate and noted the vehicle registration was out of date. As he was doing so, the vehicle left the storage facility.

“He initiated a traffic stop,” Hanson said, and after arresting Davis on charge of expired registration, he “wound up finding stolen property from at least one of the storage units.”

Davis was in possession of “wake boards, wall décor, shower curtains, a dog leash, jewelry box, trading cards, picnic baskets, a meat slicer, tools...” and assorted other items that police later discovered had been stolen from at least one of the storage units at the facility.

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