CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (KAIT) – The Caruthersville Police Department
says three arrests have been made following a five-month investigation into a
burglary and theft of copper from a vacant industrial building.
Police say copper wires were stolen from 101 Industrial
drive, a building belonging to Gleason Industrial Products of Santa Monica, CA,
on November 4. As a result, Melissa Lindsey, 29, Marion Dewayne Lindsey, 32,
and Phillip Krech, 33, all of Blytheville are facing several charges in
connection with the thefts.
According to police, officers inspected the building after Ameren
MO, and electric company, reported that someone had damaged a conduit and stole
an undetermined amount of copper electric wire.
Inside the building,
police say they noticed a large breaker cabinet that looked like it had been
pulled from its foundation with a vehicle and noticed that all the large
diameter copper wiring had been stripped from the whole building.
A representative with Gleason Industrial says the building
sustained approximately $150,000 in damage.
Melissa Lindsey was arrested March 6 and faces second degree
burglary, felony stealing, and first degree property damage. She bonded out of
the Pemiscot County Jail March 23 after posting $25,000 bond.
Marion Lindsey and Phillip Krech were arrested March 29 and
face second degree burglary, felony stealing, and first degree property damage.
Lindsey bonded out March 29 after posting $50,000 bond, and Krech bonded out on
the same day after posting $25,000 bond.
More arrests are expected in this case.
The Caruthersville Police Department would like to thank the
Pemiscot County Sheriff Department and the Mississippi County, Arkansas Sheriff's
Department with their help into this investigation.
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