Cantonment Man Charged In Olive Road Store Burglary

June 20, 2012

A Cantonment men has been arrested in connection the burglary of an Olive Road convenience store.

Kenneth Lamar Grandison, age 44 of Hicks Street, was charged with felony criminal mischief, burglary of an unoccupied structure, possession of burglary tools with the intent to use, resisting arrest, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later released from the Escambia County Jail on an $18,000 bond.

He is accused of attempted to break into the TQ Mini Mart on Olive Road early Sunday morning. Grandison allegedly fled the area in an Oldsmobile that was spotted by deputies a short time later at Palafox and Olive roads. When deputies caught up with the vehicle, Grandison bailed out and ran, according to an arrest report. He was apprehended at gunpoint without incident in the backyard of a home on Whitehead Drive.

Deputies reportedly found drug paraphernalia and marijuana on Grandison’s person and burglary tools in his vehicle.

According to an arrest report, the glass was shattered in the front door of the business, and the door was destroyed in an attempt to pry it open, but it did not appear Grandison made entry into the building.

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One Response to “Cantonment Man Charged In Olive Road Store Burglary”

  1. lives down the street on June 20th, 2012 8:39 am

    That store gets robbed a lot. I remember after Hurricane Ivan, the cops sat across the street in an unmarked vehicle and busted numerous people from the apartments behind the store going in to steal cigarettes and stuff the morning after Ivan. Dumb crooks never learn.

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