At about 1 p.m. on March 5, Sallisaw Police Detective John Weber along with Sallisaw Detective Sandra Girdner and Sequoyah County Sheriff's Deputy Travis Gabbert went to a home located near the Akins area. At the home, they met with the homeowners and told them they needed to speak with their 16-year-old grandson about some burglaries that had occurred in and around Sallisaw.
Weber met with the teen and told the teen that he had information connecting him to several burglaries in the Sallisaw area.
The teen admitted to having stolen property in his home and brought an Xbox 360 to the officer. Weber noticed that the serial number and all identifying marks had been removed. The teen later said that the game system came from a home located on West Choctaw Avenue and admitted that he and another teen broke into the home.
The suspect then volunteered to take Weber and Gabbert to the home that he broke into and inform them how he and the other suspect committed the burglaries.
He was then taken to Sallisaw where he showed the officers the home he had broken into with the other suspect. He said that he and the other teen walked around wearing black clothes and used different objects to hide their faces.
The teen told police that they committed burglaries in four neighborhoods in two nights. The duo broke into several different cars and a few homes. The two stole items, such as car stereos, DVDs, iPods, cash, and guns, Weber reported. The teen allegedly showed police in the area of 50 cars and homes that the two made entry into or made an overt act to break into.
The suspect said that about a month later the two broke into a home located on Choctaw Avenue and stole a laptop computer, Xbox 360, and several other items.
Weber reported that he then went to Sallisaw High School to meet with the other juvenile and placed him under arrest.
During the first interview, the teen admitted to only breaking into about 10 homes. He later admitted to lying to Weber and admitted to being with the other teen and helping in all the incidents.
Weber reported that currently as much as $6,000 worth of property has been recovered.
