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B'ville teens suspects in burglaries
Four military rifles found
Wanda English Burnett - Editor
According to information from Lt. Stan Holt
of the Batesville Police Department, three teens have been
arrested in connection with recent burglaries in the Batesville
area.
As Officer Jeff Davies and Corporal Steve Yorn made a stop
for a traffic violation near the intersection of Park Avenue
and Pohlman Street in Batesville last week, January 25, one
of the passengers fled from the vehicle. He was later identified
as Joshua Gutzwiller, 18. The two remaining occupants were
Justin Harmon and Michael Abrams, both 18. Inside the vehicle
officers found pry tools and pieces of vending machines.
Harmon and Abrams were taken to the Batesville
Police Department for further questioning. Both of the men admitted
to police
they were involved in breaking into the American Legion, Java
Hut and Coonhunters Lodge on two occasions. Both were arrested
on preliminary charges of Burglary of a Structure, a class C felony,
and were taken to the Ripley County Jail. The initial arrest
was around 4:00 a.m. and Gutzwiller was
located later the same morning and also taken into custody.
Later the same day of the arrests, officers from Batesville
as well as the Ripley County Sheriff's Department and Indiana
State Police, searched two Batesville residences and a vehicle.
They found several items from the burglaries including four
military rifles taken from the American Legion. The suspects
will face charges in Franklin County for the burglary at the
Java Hut.
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