Officers Of The Month For January 2020 Are Officers Keil, Barnes and Detective Beitler. 

 On January 20^th, 2020 around 8:00 pm officers responded to a report of a burglary on SE Second St. near Haynie’s Corner. A woman had knocked on the front door of the homeowner’s residence and began asking random questions. The homeowner could see a male that was standing on the side of his porch. Sensing something didn’t seem right, the homeowner closed the door on the female and retreated to the rear of his home. When the homeowner walked to the rear of the home, he found another male had entered through a back door and was pointing a gun at another resident. The resident in the rear of the home was then able to hit a panic alarm and the suspects fled. 

  This attempted robbery matched up with another robbery, in the same area, from a couple of days prior. In the earlier robbery, a vehicle description was put out along with the description of the female suspect. 

  Officers Keil and Barnes recognized the suspect’s description from a previous traffic stop. In their traffic stop, they had documented who the other occupants of the vehicle were. That information was given to Detective Beitler. By documenting their traffic stop, detectives had valuable information on vehicles and people that could be used in the robbery investigations. 

  Detective Beitler, with assistance from Sergeant DeYoung, Detectives Kennedy, Smith and Campbell were able to develop and interview suspects and coordinate a multi-unit response to address what was developing into a cluster of similar robberies in the area. 

 A special thank you to Detectives with the VIPER Unit who assisted with surveillance, as well as locating and stopping vehicles possibly related to the investigation. 

 This was an immensely complicated case that was only solved through the coordination of multiple units within the entire department.   

 Congratulations on a job well done!!