A Brownwood man is in jail Friday in connection to a string of burglaries in Brownwood and Early. 28-year-old Joshua Lucier is being held on a total of $20,000 in bonds for the charges of burglary of a habitation and burglary of a building.
According to Early Chief of Police David Mercer, Early police officers responded to the 100 block of Early Blvd to Humphrey Pete’s restaurant in response to a reported burglary of a motor vehicle on Thursday, August 4th, 2011. While investigating the burglary, officers learned that Lucier had just left the restaurant.
Lucier was wanted for burglary of the Humphrey Pete’s restaurant that occurred July 6th 2011, according to Mercer.
Officer Steven Means investigated the burglary and had obtained an arrest warrant for Lucier for burglary of a building; however Lucier had been in the Ft. Worth area until recently and had not been located, according to Mercer.
On Thursday after investigating the burglary of the motor vehicle, Early Police Officers and Brownwood Police Officers worked together to locate Lucier at a residence in the 2400 block of Vincent Street in Brownwood where he was arrested on the outstanding warrant. Further investigation led to the discovery of numerous items of property, which were located and confiscated as stolen property, from multiple vehicle and residential burglaries, according to Brownwood Police officials.
Property recovered included several wallets and many electronic devices. This continued investigation cleared multiple car burglaries, several of which occurred at Humphrey Pete’s parking lot and several in Brownwood along with several other burglaries of buildings that occurred in Brownwood.
The investigation is continuing which may produce further arrests, according to Mercer.
Other law enforcement arrests and reports released August 5, 2011.
Thursday, August 4
*9:23pm-Brownwood Police were called to the 1000 block of Coggin Avenue to a local convenience store. According to the report, the clerk had found a license plate in the parking lot. The owner was not able to be located at the time of the report.
*2:56pm-A Brownwood Police officer made a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding. During the investigation it was found that the driver, 31-year-old Michael Dwayne Smith was operating the vehicle without a driver’s license. Further investigation revealed that Smith has had three previous convictions for driving without a license, the report states. Smith was arrested for No Drivers License 3rd or more.
All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
