By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A rural Saline County man who in late August reported being the victim of residential burglary was, himself, arrested in connection to a burglary at a business just south of Salina.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that someone broke into a fenced-in area at HABCO, Inc., 248 E. Berg Road earlier this month and got into three vehicles and three enclosed trailers there. Two tablets were taken from two of the vehicles and a battery was taken from the third. Locks were cut off the three trailers and multiple tools were taken, he said.
Total loss was estimated at $6,585.
A deputy reviewing surveillance video thought he recognized the alleged burglar as Jeremy Carnes, 40, of rural Saline County, as he recognized the man's clothes and had taken a burglary report from him in late August.
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Deputies paid a visit to Carnes at his residence in the 400 block of E. Water Well Road and noticed an item that appeared to be one of the items stolen from HABCO, Soldan said. A search warrant was obtained for the residence. A large number of the stolen items were recovered from Carnes' residence, Soldan said.
Carnes was booked into the Saline County Jail on the following requested charges, Soldan said.
●Six counts of burglary
●Felony theft
●Three counts of damage to property