OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Two suspects are going through housebreaking and possession of stolen property costs after they have been caught on digicam allegedly breaking right into a residential building website in southeast Oklahoma Metropolis.
In all, officers say they stole $3,000 price of apparatus and two new jacuzzies.
Early Monday morning, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace stated the 2 suspects have been captured on digicam breaking right into a building website close to S.E. 15th and Peebly Highway.
“They discovered there was a 16-foot trailer that was left behind by the development staff,” stated Aaron Brilbeck, with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace. “So, they hitched that trailer as much as the pickup truck and grabbed as a lot stuff as they might.”
Safety cameras confirmed the suspects operating backwards and forwards throughout the heaps.
“Actually grabbing issues, they usually don’t even know what they’re,” stated Brilbeck. “They’re simply grabbing issues at random and throwing them behind the truck and trailer.”
The 2 suspects will be heard grunting and utilizing all their may to load two jacuzzies, nonetheless within the field, onto the trailer.
When the clock neared 6 a.m., the suspects threw the truck in drive and took off out of the residential space. Safety cameras confirmed the trailer was stuffed with product. Nevertheless, the thieves doubtless didn’t know the truck’s distinctive marks would later be a useless giveaway.
“The passenger facet had some harm and there have been some racing stripes on the again that have been very distinctive,” Brilbeck informed KFOR.
The sheriff’s workplace stated deputies got copies of the safety digicam clips, in order that they might be looking out for the getaway automobile on the streets.
“The following day, one in all our deputies was on patrol and as they have been driving alongside, the truck begins passing them,” stated Brilbeck.
When the suspect within the driver’s seat locked eyes with the deputy, the suspect punched the gasoline and took off.
“Our deputy spins round, and as he’s spinning round, the man who’s driving the truck calls a buddy of his and says, ‘Hey, I bought the police behind me open up your gate!’”
The sheriff’s workplace stated deputies later obtained a search warrant and seized the entire stolen property.
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Ronnie Lee Carter, 45, and Curtis Shawn Fortenberry, 48, have been arrested for the crime.
On-line courtroom data present the suspects have a earlier legal historical past together with costs of assault and battery, possession and distributing meth, and stealing vehicles.
The sheriff’s workplace is urging residents to purchase safety cameras.
“Exit and purchase an affordable video set. They’re very low-cost as of late, however they will actually assist us determine individuals who could steal issues and convey them to justice,” he stated.
