Suspect arrested trying to pawn purloined tools

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail

Donn R. Mead, 45, of Nevada, is facing felony charges of burglary and theft in connection with a burglary that occurred in the 1000 block of South Cedar.

According to a press release from the Nevada Police Department, during the morning hours of April 13, police were notified by the manager of Cooper's Pawn Shop, on the east side of the Nevada Square that a man was in the store trying to sell reported stolen property.

Officers responded and were able to recover the stolen property -- "several hundred dollars worth of carpentry tools," the press release said, moments after the discovery the residential burglary on Cedar Street.

Mead was arrested without further incident and transported to the Vernon County Jail.

Mead was charged with one count of the class C felony of second degree burglary and one count of theft, a class C felony. A $15,000 bond was set.

According to online case information, Mead was arraigned Monday and a pretrial conference was set for April 23.

Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley said, "This is another example of police, citizens and community working together to solve crime and bring perpetrators to justice. Special thanks to the proprietor of Cooper's Pawn Shop for their quick action."

Citizens are encouraged to contact the police with any information that would be helpful in combating crime. For questions regarding crime prevention techniques or to start a Neighborhood Watch program, contact the Nevada Police Department at (417) 448-2710.

To report criminal activities, call 911 or use the Tip Hotline (417) 448-5117. Information will be kept confidential, the press release noted.

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Now they can put him on probation.

-- Posted by TerryB on Wed, Apr 18, 2012, at 6:40 AM
I can say this wasn't his first offense.

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Wed, Apr 18, 2012, at 1:14 PM
What a loser, i'm all for a penalty of cutting off a hand for a stealing offense. People will really think hard about whether stealing something for drug money is really worth it to them.

-- Posted by Gordongekko on Thu, Apr 19, 2012, at 8:41 AM
Go to casenet and see what happens. Everyone gets probation. I know one woman who has 11 convictions since 2007 and has only been given probation and they are things like, stealing a car, check fraud, selling drugs, making drugs, etc.

-- Posted by TerryB on Sat, Apr 21, 2012, at 11:18 AM

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