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ECSO: Atmore Man Burglarized Beulah Home, Stealing Property And The Family Dog
February 26, 2019
An Atmore man has been arrested for allegedly stealing items including a family’s dog during a Beulah burglary.
Devin Adrielle Backus, 22, was charged with burglary, grand theft and grand theft of a firearm.
Backus allegedly burglarized a home on John David Drive, taking a safe, jewelry, electronics, three firearms and a dog. The items were valued at $15,400.
The burglary occurred on October 9, 2018. This month, deputies were made aware of a handwritten note received by the homeowner in which he was asked to contact “Devin” at a phone number. The homeowner called, and Backus told him the dog was with a friend in Fort Walton, according to a report. He also allegedly said the safe was at a house in Atmore, but he was unable to open it.
The homeowner told deputies he knows Backus as a previous tenant in his rental home.
On February 23, Backus was identified as the suspect from fingerprints found on a television.
Backus remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $20,000.
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9 Responses to “ECSO: Atmore Man Burglarized Beulah Home, Stealing Property And The Family Dog”
Make him do his time at the Animal Shelter cleaning cages.
October 9, 2018 until February 23, 2019 is the time it took to identify this guy using fingerprints?
Lots of reasons for such a lag in time, not in system, backlog of cases, on and on.
But this seems to have taken a long time to identify the “suspect”.
For Pete’s sake, is the dog ok and back with its owner? Please let us know.
Like I say, “You cant make this stuff up”!
The heck with the safe and other stuff – what about the dog!!!!
Bring the dog back!
If Backus was a previous tenant, the dog may have recognized him and ran to greet him. While I know he did wrong, it sounds as if his conscience was slowly .getting to him.
Omg, you can’t get much lower. This guy is heartless and needs to be locked away. I recall a man last year pleading for the return of his ShihTzu from that area whe he had been burglarized and his fur baby was taken. Does anyone know what kind of dog this thug stole? Did they get the dog back? Please tell us more.
He needs to put that dog back right now. That is LOW to steal a person’s dog. DESPICABLE ! ! !