Just before 2 a.m. Wednesday, October 2, while on routine patrol, Purcell Police were suspicious of a vehicle parked on North Green Avenue and checked it out.

The vehicle was secured but officers noticed the hood was warm to the touch.

With the sun being down and the temperature about 57 degrees officers determined the vehicle had been recently driven.

Inside the vehicle officers observed various hand tools, buckets of various copper wire, tubing, several flashlights and binoculars.

The officers heard several dogs barking in the area and several houses had their motion activated flood lights activated which led them to believe someone was in the area.

On W. Monroe St., police found a Chevy Tahoe that had been rummaged through, same with a nearby garden shed.

Officers were notified on the radio that a male subject was returning to the original suspicious vehicle.

The suspect, Jacob Lee Crites, 38, was arrested in the 500 block of Monroe St. He was detained on possible charges of knowingly concealing stolen property, burglary in the second degree, burglary in the third degree, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of paraphernalia.

Officers involved in the arrest were Daniel Ashbridge, Jacob Martz, Josh McCoy, Joshua Miller and Kyle Mobley.