Four arrests result from burglaries

Carelessness on the part of four suspected crooks led to their capture last week after the burglary of a Hedley residence.

According to Sheriff Butch Blackburn, the home of Rex Fish in Hedley, which is the former Security State Bank building, was burglarized on May 27 and again on June 3.

The investigation of the crime pointed to Memphis, and as the sheriff headed down US 287 he found debris along the highway that resembled items that had been stolen from the Fish residence.
Blackburn consulted with the Memphis Police Department and traveled with them to 911 Cleveland Street where people were gathered in the alley behind the residence and items visible through an open garage door were clearly from the burglary.

Four subjects were detained and questioned. Amber Morris, 22; Kyle Murray, 17; and Timothy Wilson, 22, were all arrested on June 3. The fourth subject, Michael Henderson, 17, was arrested on June 7.  All have been charged with Burglary of a Habitation.

Blackburn said the investigation yielded three pick-up loads of stolen property that have been returned to Donley County.

The sheriff also recovered a 2009 GMC pickup truck which was used in the burglary and had been stolen from Brown Pontiac GMC in Amarillo on June 2.

All four of the subjects have confessed to their crimes, Blackburn said. Wilson remains in the Donley County Jail. The others are out on bond.