Three Arrested in Theft Case

Hokes Bluff, Ala.
For the second day in a row, the Etowah County Sheriff's Office got some breaks in investigations that led to arrests in burglaries, Sheriff Todd Entrekin said.

The arrests Friday came after a woman pulled up at her Posey Road home and saw a strange pickup in the yard. The good description she was able to give law enforcement officers them helped catch three people who are believed to be responsible for at least three burglaries on Friday morning, Entrekin said.

The woman saw the pickup and left. She drove to Hokes Bluff City Hall, where she saw Hokes Bluff Police Chief Mitchell Hill and told him about the pickup.

Hokes Bluff officers went to the woman's home and discovered the door had been kicked in.

“She was able to give a very good description of the pickup,” Michael Jones, chief of investigation at the Etowah County Sheriff's Office, said.

Hokes Bluff police officers and sheriff's office deputies and investigators stayed in the area, and a deputy spotted the pickup on U.S. Highway 278 near Reaves Road.

He pulled the driver over, and there were two men and a woman in the truck.

The truck had items from at least three burglaries that happened Friday morning, including the one on Posey Road. Doors were discovered to have been kicked in at homes on Centre Road and Creekside in the Ball Play area, Jones said.

Investigators still are trying to determine if the three arrested could be linked to any other burglaries.

On Thursday, investigators recovered weapons taken on Wednesday during a burglary at a home on Appalachian Highway.

The arrests were made after an Albertville police officer got information that some weapons at a home in Albertville might be stolen. It was determined that a weapon at the residence had been stolen from the Appalachian Highway home, Jones said.

Jones said another stolen weapon was recovered from a residence on Coates Bend. He said some other items believed to have been stolen, including jewelry, were found. A man from Albertville and a man from the Coates Bend area are in custody, Jones said, and are expected to be charged with that burglary.