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Suspects arrested in string
of N’side auto burglaries
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
RIDGELAND police have
captured four suspects
involved in a string of auto
burglaries and thefts on
County Line Road.
And they were caught in
the act. What’s more is police
say the crooks are tied to a
series of burglaries in
Northeast Jackson.
On December 10,
Ridgeland authorities arrested
Jackson residents Eddie
Miller, Alvin Lacey, Patrick
Burnett and Kenyatta Stubbs
in connection with two auto
break-ins and two auto thefts
in the parking lot of Tico’s
Steakhouse, at 1536 East
County Line Rd.
The suspects are being held
at the Madison County Jail.
Miller, Lacey and Stubbs are
each being charged with
three counts of auto burglary,
two counts of motor vehicle
theft, one count of receiving
stolen property and one
count of possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon.
They are each being held on
a $350,000 bond.
Burnett is facing all of the
charges, minus the charge for
possession of a weapon by a
felon. He is being held on a
$300,000 bond.
All charges are felonies,
said Ridgeland Police Lt.
John Neal.
Neal said the suspects
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broke into one car and stole
another on the night of
December 5, and did the
same thing again on the night
of December 9.
“We knew we probably
had a group that was targeting
the parking lot,” he said.
“We had a general idea of the
time they came in and surveillance
that showed a vehicle
description.”
“We staked out the parking
lot and our officer spotted a
vehicle fitting the description
come into the parking lot. He
watched it for several minutes
as they broke into a car,”
he said.
At approximately 8 p.m.,
the plain-clothes officer
called for backup. Additional
officers arrived on the scene
and the suspects were arrested
in the parking lot without
incident, Neal said.
Neal said Ridgeland had
been working with the
Jackson Police Department
(JPD) and said the suspects
fit the description of the
group involved in a series of
burglaries in North Jackson.
“We called JPD and told
them that we had them in
custody and asked if JPD
would like to send an investigator
up to talk to them,”
Neal said.
The suspects were driving
a 2000 model Chevrolet
Suburban, a vehicle that also
fit the description of the car
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that appeared in the Rolling
Meadows area on the night
of December 9.
Neal said the vehicle was
searched and several items
located in it couldn’t be tied
to the Tico’s burglaries. The
items, however, did fit the
description of several things
stolen from North Jackson.
Precinct Four Cmdr.
Wendell Watts believes the
four were involved in eight
or nine burglaries in the
Rolling Meadows, Lake
Trace and Northpointe areas.
On the night of December
9, burglaries were reported
on Rolling Meadows Drive,
Moss Forest Circle,
Northlake Circle, Kristen
Drive, Northpointe Cove,
Plantation Boulevard and
Northpointe Parkway.
“They stole items from
sheds and cars,” Watts said.
Neal didn’t know what the
suspects will be charged with
in Hinds County. The four
were expected to appear in
Ridgeland Municipal Court
on December 21 for their
preliminary hearing.
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