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January 3, 2013

Suspect charged in vehicle break-in

Police seek link to similar theft incidents

Alan Mauldin The Moultrie Observer

MOULTRIE — Moultrie police had a Moultrie man in custody this week and another suspect identified in one of the rash of car break-ins that have been reported in recent weeks.

Joshua Thompson, 26, 272 Old Timey Trail, was charged Wednesday with a single count of entering auto.

Thompson was identified through video taken at the scene of a Dec. 27 theft of tools from a vehicle, Moultrie Police Department Inv. Dave Underwood said. The video was taken in the parking lot on Lower Meigs Road near the intersection where users of the walking trail park.

Two vehicles were hit that day, but so far Underwood said Thompson has only been tied to one through a vehicle filmed at the scene on Dec. 27. That car belonged to one of Thompson’s relatives.

“The owner of the vehicle, who was not the offender, gave consent to search it,” Underwood said. “We found evidence inside the vehicle that connected it to one of the vehicles” from which property was stolen.

“Witnesses recognized the driver as Joshua Thompson,” Underwood said. “The family member confirmed that he had the vehicle at the time.”

Some of Thompson’s property also was found in that car, he said. Thompson turned himself in on Wednesday.

Police think they know the identity of an accomplice in that case, but are asking the public to contact them to provide any additional information that could help with the case.

More than a dozen car break-ins have been reported in the last several weeks, both in Moultrie and outside the city. Those thefts have nearly always involved unattended cars with valuables, usually purses, left in plain sight inside. Car windows have been broken to gain entry.

The thefts have occurred at several churches and about half have happened along South Main Street.

Underwood and the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office said they are looking into whether Thompson is related to other thefts.

“It’s possible, but we haven’t been able to establish that yet,” Underwood said. “We have been able to connect him to one of the break-ins.”

Callers can leave tips with police at (229) 890-5451.

 

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