Police Confident 2 Arrested are Tied to Spree
Jeff Garretson - Fri 02:09 PM 02/08/2013
The search of a storage unit, links two Salina men to multiple business burglaries.
According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers used a search warrant to open a storage unit in north Salina on Thursday as an investigation widens from a pair of arrests made Wednesday night.
Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL News, "We do feel pretty confident that the people we have arrested are responsible for a majority, if not all the business burglaries we've been having since September of 2012."
Police arrested 31-year-old Michael Cox of 607 West Crawford and 33-year-old Stephen Rowson of 825 Scott on Wednesday after an officer on patrol noticed a suspicious vehicle parked behind Huseman Veterinary Clinic, 119 Indiana.
The officer called for back-up, they entered the building and two men were arrested.
Police say they found numerous items in the storage locker including an electric guitar, pistol and flat screen television that are linked to other burglaries.
Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL News the investigation covers over 30 burglaries across multiple businesses in Salina.
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Logical
Friday 8 February 2013 14:40 Report this comment
Shows the value of the patrols they do (which are more often than the average person thinks).
ksfarmdude
Friday 8 February 2013 15:06 Report this comment
I would agree these two clowns are responsible for alot of unsolved burgaries
gretchen
Friday 8 February 2013 17:27 Report this comment
thanks SPD
Iamgonnagetyou
Friday 8 February 2013 17:57 Report this comment
Logical the present name you are using you sure jcjange your tune. While many of us were wanting more patrolling you took the stance that doing so would not result in catching anyone. Now that it has and proves our point that the cops time should be spent doing patrolling rather than writing seatbelt violations all over town. Now we all see that doing what they are supposed to helps solve crimes.
harryj45
Friday 8 February 2013 21:01 Report this comment
lol@I'ma....you and your buddies got the PD so worked up with your posts on here, they had to go out and crack a case or 2 just to show ya they could! Good job boys! (I'll leave it up to you to decide who gets the credit)
t--bone
Saturday 9 February 2013 00:09 Report this comment
Another logical name to respond. If what you say is true then we better stay on their butts.
t--bone
Saturday 9 February 2013 00:12 Report this comment
If it was not for iamgonna, the cleaner and a bunch of others getting down on the cops especially their leader who refuses to come out and talk to us taxpayers who pay him for a service that he is not doing then so be it we will continue to monitor and speak out. After all this is America.
getumgranny
Saturday 9 February 2013 08:43 Report this comment
KUDOS to the officers that were on the job that night and not just worrying about little traffic tickets. They were obviously in the right place at the right time, for which I for one am thankful. Now, lets all pray they are incarcerated for a long enough period of time. After the crime spree in our community, and what they put the citizens through, they DO NOT deserve to be on the streets!! God help us all if they get probation out of this, they will be worse because now they are unemployed thieves!!!
kkb
Saturday 9 February 2013 12:41 Report this comment
Yea GREAT idea send them to prison so we can support them.We need a Sherrif like Joe in Arizona and put their asses to hard labor and make THEM PAY for what they did
Aurora.
Sunday 10 February 2013 00:17 Report this comment
Time to fire the current chief of police and promote the officer who caught these guys to chief.