Cantonment Man Arrested For Burglaries

March 26, 2014

A Cantonment man was arrested for burglary after deputies say a homeowner caught him in the act — and then he was linked to another residential burglary.

About 3:30 a.m. Sunday, a resident of Virecent Drive said he went outside to investigate after he was awakened by the sound of his dogs barking. The victim told deputies he observed 21-year old David Tyler Morgan rummaging around the bed of his truck. The resident told Morgan that he’d called 911, and he advised Morgan to stay put.

The victim told deputies he believed he interrupted a burglary in progress because nothing was missing.

Morgan told deputies that he was riding a four-wheeler in the neighborhood with his girlfriend, but he decided to walk after getting into an argument her. He said he had stopped and was urinating beside the road when he was approached by an unknown male that told him to stay because he had called deputies. He denied rummaging through the pickup truck.

Deputies did locate Morgan’s girlfriend in the neighborhood on a four-wheeler parked near the intersection of Virecent Drive and Eden Lane. She provided a totally different account of what the pair was doing in the neighborhood, saying they were visiting a friend when her four-wheeler began to make noises, prompting her to stop.

Morgan was charged with unarmed burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.

The deputy in the Virecent Drive case was in a conversation with another deputy that had worked a burglary a couple of days prior in the 3000 block of Molino Road. The deputy mentioned the four-wheeler that was involved, which turned out to have been taken in the Molino Road burglary.

During the Molino Road burglary, someone forced their way into the residence of a vacationing couple, taking jewelry, a handgun and other items. A four-wheeler was stolen from an outdoor shed.

Deputies responded to Morgan’s residence in the 2100 block of North Highway 29, at which time Morgan produced several of the stolen items for deputies, according to an arrest report, including a handgun, jewelry and the four-wheeler.

For the Molino Road burglary, Morgan was charged with larceny from an individual 65 or older, grand theft of a firearm, armed burglary of a dwelling, grand theft of a vehicle and criminal mischief.

Morgan remained in the Escambia County Jail Wednesday morning with bond set at $38,000.

Comments

2 Responses to “Cantonment Man Arrested For Burglaries”

  1. dixie on March 26th, 2014 7:29 pm

    please..please lock this thief up for a long time..it will only happen again and again,if he just gets a slap on the hand,,,

  2. Anastasia on March 26th, 2014 7:29 am

    I wonder how many of Morgan’s charges will be dropped in a plea agreement. This will be interesting to see how this turns out. I hope the girlfriend is brought to justice as well.

    Good job LEO’s for putting this one together to solve a prior burglary and recover stolen items.

    Superb job conducted by the homeowner who caught this thug in the act and stood his ground. “The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.” William Shakespeare

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