10 car burglaries reported; no vehicles locked

Published 11:42 am Thursday, August 11, 2011

Burglars hit 10 unlocked vehicles overnight, stealing an array of items left inside, and a Vicksburg man was being held for at least some of the burglaries.

Six of the burglaries were reported at about 7 this morning in a one-mile area in the southern part of the county, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said.

“This is a typical pattern here, not just in our community, but regionally,” Pace said. “Typically more than one suspect will be dropped off and go from driveway to driveway looking for unlocked cars.”

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In the city, two of the burglaries were in one block and the other two were in another block. The two locations are about a mile and a half apart.

In the city, Henry Armstead Jr., 28, 2604 Yerger St., was being held at police headquarters after being arrested at 3:04 a.m. at Bowmar Avenue and Halls Ferry Road, said Sgt. Sandra Williams of the Vicksburg Police Department.

He was charged with breaking into a van and a car parked in the 3400 block of Third Street and an SUV and a car in the 3000 block of Indiana Avenue.

The only item reported missing, a cell phone, was recovered during his arrest, Williams said.

Pace said no arrest had been made in the county burglaries, two on Hennington Road, where a radio, a wallet, a cell phone and a .22-caliber handgun were taken from vehicles parked in two driveways; on Dudley Road, where a GPS device, a phone charger and money were missing; the 6900 block of Fisher Ferry Road, where a pack of cigarettes was taken from one vehicle and an iPad was taken from another; and in the 7600 block of Jeff Davis Road, where a pair of sunglasses and a bank statement book were stolen.

Pace said deputies and police have been in contact to “compare notes” and determine whether the burglaries in the city and county are related.