MFPD closing in on burglar
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Video images of a suspect in a string of auto burglaries last week provided no clear shots of the face of the alleged perpetrator. It primarily was police work that has identified the alleged perpetrator this time.
Glynis Crawford Smith
The Highlander
A suspect has been identified in six car burglaries that took place in Marble Falls from March 14-15.
Surveillance camera footage captured an image of the burglar, but the image was as much use in tracking down the suspected perpetrator as working leads in the case, according to Sgt. Investigator Barry Greer.
“We hope to have arrest warrants sworn out today,” he said just before the department reported in force to Mormon Mill Road where a suspicious package had been found Monday, March 19.
Then, Tuesday, MFPD Capt. Glenn Hanson confirmed at least one warrant had been issued and apprehension of the suspect is in progress.
“The burglaries happened in five or six different areas of town,” said Greer. “In every case, the vehicles were unlocked.”
Three juveniles were arrested in a series of auto burglaries in the Claremont area east of Mormon Mill Road in November. Also in those thefts, owners had left their cars unlocked and opportunists had nabbed everything loose inside.
The cities of Granite Shoals and Burnet recently began #9PMRoutine campaigns on social media, using humor to remind citizens to bring valuables inside and to lock doors on homes and storage sheds vehicles routinely each night and to report any suspicious activity to the police.
It is the same message the MFPD delivered after their last string of burglarlies: “Place burglary bait out of sight”--even small things, such as loose change or cigarette lighters, electronics adaptors and mounts.
