Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Adult Arrested, Juveniles Identified In Recent Burglary Spree
Acting on statements made by witnesses, local 
detectives have been able to resolve a series of burglaries in which one young Lawrenceburg man has been jailed and two juvenile offenders identified.
Sheriff Jimmy Brown issued a press release Wednesday, reporting that William Kenneth Loveless, 19, of 739 Lee Chapman Road is currently incarcerated at the Lawrence County Detention Center in connection with the burglary spree.
Brown pointed out, “From mid February to mid March Lawrence County has been plagued with several home burglaries stretching from the Long Branch Road area to the Fall River Community.
Investigators were able to gather leads from witnesses in the area of these burglaries, focusing their attention on a white Pontiac car.” Through their investigation detectives connected the car with Loveless.
A break came in the case on March 12 when detectives were summoned to a vacant house on Clear Creek Road in the Fall River area. There, an individual had discovered a number of firearms stashed inside.
The scene was processed for evidence and detectives were able to determine many of the firearms had been stolen during burglaries that had occurred within the Fall River community.
On March 14 the department was notified that a juvenile had passed state quarters at a local market; coins believed to have been stolen during one of the burglaries.
Detectives were able to identify the juvenile, which lead to an investigation of a home on Johnson Branch Road in neighboring Giles County. Brown reports that, “While there investigators recovered a rat terrier puppy reported stolen in a home burglary on Sandusky Road.”
The following day, March 15, Brown said they were able to link the crimes to a second Giles County teen, who resides on White Road.
After returning to Loveless’ home later that day, investigators obtained a warrant charging him with burglarizing a home on Copperas Branch Road. Deputies then made their way to the Giles County Jail, where Loveless had been incarcerated.
He was turned over to the custody of Lawrence authorities and transported back to the local jail.
He was booked through the facility on one count of aggravated burglary. Brown reports that additional charges against Loveless will be sought when evidence is presented to the Lawrence County Grand Jury.
Charges against both juveniles will be filed through Lawrence County Juvenile Court. Brown says that it is possible that the youths be transferred and prosecuted as adults.
Brown expressed his appreciation for all who assisted in the investigation saying, “The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department would like to thank all the citizens for information they offered. What they might think was minimal information made all the difference in this case.
We would also like to especially thank the Criminal Investigation Division of the Lawrenceburg Police Department. Important leads were developed by their efforts and for that, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department is grateful. Law enforcement agencies working together can do great things, and that was demonstrated in this case.”
