FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Police Department has arrested five suspects for a string of burglaries in the Forney and Terrell areas and recovered two stolen vehicles, a stolen firearm, and several other stolen items after apprehending one suspect early Monday morning, October 13, 2014, involved in a burglary of a vehicle and a foot pursuit.
FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Police Department has arrested five suspects for a string of burglaries in the Forney and Terrell areas and recovered two stolen vehicles, a stolen firearm, and several other stolen items after apprehending one suspect early Monday morning, October 13, 2014, involved in a burglary of a vehicle and a foot pursuit.
The Forney Police Department responded to a burglary of a vehicle call in the 100 block of Southwestern Drive in the McKellar Home Place subdivision early Monday morning. One suspect, 18-year-old Jonah Taylor, of Forney, Texas, was apprehended after bailing from a moving vehicle he was driving and leading police on a brief foot pursuit near South Chestnut Street, Stanford Street, and Amherst Drive.
Jonah Taylor was arrested and booked on burglary of a vehicle, a class A misdemeanor; evading arrest, a state jail felony; and unauthorized use of a vehicle, a state jail felony. The vehicle Jonah Taylor bailed from on Monday morning was reported stolen out of Terrell, Texas.
The Forney Police Department arrested 18-year-old Zachary Taylor and 17-year-old Robert Tijerina, both of Forney, Texas, later Monday after an investigation involving a stolen firearm related to the burglary of a vehicle incident early Monday morning.
Zachary Taylor has been charged with three counts of burglary of a vehicle; four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity; theft of a firearm, a state jail felony; and unauthorized use of a vehicle, a state jail felony. Tijerina was charged theft of a firearm and has since posted bail from the Kaufman County Jail.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, the Forney Police Department announced the arrest of a fourth suspect. Arrested was 20-year-old Brandon Morgan who was charged with burglary of a habitation, a first-degree felony; theft of a firearm; two counts of burglary of a vehicle; and three counts of organized criminal activity.
The fifth suspect to be arrested has been identified as 18-year-old Alejandro Villalobos, according to the Forney Police Department. Villalobos was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and burglary of a vehicle.
In total, two stolen vehicles, a stolen firearm, and several stolen pieces of lawn equipment have been recovered in what police are saying was a string of burglaries of vehicles and habitations throughout the Forney area including the stolen vehicle out of Terrell.
Police believe the burglaries have spanned over several weeks.
The case is still under investigation and police are urging anyone who may have been burglarized or have information pertaining to these crimes to contact the Forney Police Department at (972) 564-7600. Tips can also be left with the Kaufman County Crime Stoppers at (877) 847-7522 or texted to “TIPLINE plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES). Tips may be left anonymously and those tips leading to an arrest may result in an award.