Forney, Texas – Two Kaufman County men were arrested by the Forney Police Department and later transferred to the Kaufman County Jail following burglaries at the Marquis Ranch Self Storage on Farm-to-Market (FM) 548.
Forney, Texas – Two Kaufman County men were arrested by the Forney Police Department and later transferred to the Kaufman County Jail following burglaries at the Marquis Ranch Self Storage on Farm-to-Market (FM) 548.
33-year-old Kirk Wayne Sandin of Kemp, Texas, was arrested by the Forney Police Department and charged with two counts of burglary of a building and held on $35,000 bond for each charge. Sandlin is also being held on an unspecified charge from the Dallas Police Department and held on a $250 bond.
31-year-old Jason William Byrne of Kaufman, Texas, was also arrested and charged with two counts of burglary of a building and is being held on a $25,000 bond for each count. Byrne is also charged with fraudulent use or possession of identifying information under five items on a $35,000 bond and one count of obscured or altered license plate on a $177 bond.
According to several tenants of Marquis Ranch Self Storage, they were notified by management of the burglaries on Monday morning, December 30, 2013, after being burglarized the previous night. According to the same tenants, the burglars concentrated on stealing tools and equipment or “easily accessible and sellable items.”
The burglars gained access to the unit by cutting the latches with the locks still intact, according to the tenants who spoke with inForney.com. They also used other measures to gain access to the facility.
The burglars returned to the storage facility on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, when they were apprehended by the Forney Police Department after unsuccessfully attempting to gain access through the security gate. The suspects vehicle was captured on the facilities surveillance cameras and used by the Forney Police Department to stake out the facility the night of their arrest.
According to the Forney Police Department, stolen property was recovered from the suspect's vehicle, from Dallas area pawn shops, and also at a hotel where the suspects were staying.
In a press release, the Forney Police Department thanked the efforts of Forney Police Department's Sgt. Prewitt, Sgt. Hopkins, and Officer Reinhardt in apprehending these suspects and retrieving the stolen property.
