Published: August 27, 2009 07:26 am      

Apartments vandalized

BEREA — Vandals broke into a pair of vacant apartments on Spring Circle Drive last week, causing more than $3,000 in damage.

The first break-in was reported Aug. 15, said Capt. Ken Clark, Berea Police Department spokesman, and the second was reported two days later.

In both break-ins, Clark said, holes were knocked in walls, doors were ripped from their hinges and grafitti was left in one of the apartments.

Damage to the second apartment was estimated at $2,500, while a definitive estimate for the first apartment was unavailable but exceeded $500.

“We don’t really know who did it,” Clark said. “We don’t have any leads.”

If suspects are identified, they could be charged with second-degree burglary and first- and second-degree criminal mischief, Clark said. The burglary charge and the first-degree mischief charges are felonies, with the burglary charge punishable by five to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Burglaries at stores

Police responded Aug. 18 to reports of burglaries at the Boone Square Mini Mall and at Snow White Collectibles on Richmond Road.

Glass doors at both businesses were broken to gain entry, Clark said. An estimated $50 in knives were stolen from Boone Square, while a laptop computer and a Sony PlayStation 2 video game console valued at $700 were stolen from Snow White Collectibles.

Police are still looking for suspects in the thefts, Clark said.

Other crimes

• Police arrested a 38-year-old Irvine man Aug. 18 and charged him with volatile substance abuse, a misdemeanor, for allegedly huffing spray paint.

“That is a very cheap and dangerous high,” Clark said.

• More than $1,100 in items were stolen Aug. 14 from a tractor-trailer parked at the Econolodge on Paint Lick Road. The window of the cab was broken, causing $150 in damage, to gain entry to the truck.

• A camera and DVDs valued at $390 were reported stolen Aug. 13 from a home in the 100 block of Rockcastle Street.

• A purse was stolen from a parked car Friday at Speedway on Prince Royal Drive. The purse was valued at $110.

• A parked car in the 200 block of Kaye Street was broken into Aug. 12 and a purse valued at $50 was stolen.

• Robert B. Laudermilk, 55, of Avon, Ind., was arrested Aug. 18 for driving under the influence, first offense, and failure to maintain insurance on Interstate 75.

• Martin F. Leonard, 26, of the 100 block of Westwood Drive, was arrested Aug. 19 for driving under the influence, first offense, on Brookgreen Drive.

• Thomas Gadd, 42, of Paint Lick, was arrested Aug. 19 for driving under the influence, first offense, driving on a suspended license and no insurance on KY 1016.

• Phillip Campbell, 52, of Windsor, was arrested Aug. 20 for driving under the influence, first offense, and first-degree fleeing or evading police on Interstate 75.

• Robert K. Pigg, 36, of the 100 block of Oak Street, was arrested Sunday for driving under the influence, first offense, and speeding on Richmond Road.

• A 42-year-old N. Broadway woman was arrested Aug. 18 for public intoxication on Jefferson Street.

• A 20-year-old Nicholasville man was arrested Aug. 20 for alcohol intoxication at a home in the 100 block of Glades Road.

• A 46-year-old Reed Hill woman was arrested Sunday for third-degree criminal trespass and misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking at Walmart.

• An 18-year-old Richmond man was arrested Sunday for carrying a concealed deadly weapon on Burchwood Road.

• A 35-year-old Richmond woman was arrested Monday for driving on a suspended license, failure to wear seat belt and on a warrant for failure to appear from Fayette County on Richmond Road.

• A 27-year-old Barnett Lane man was arrested Monday for driving on a suspended license, improper registration plate, no registration receipt and no registration plate on Prince Royal Drive.

• An 18-year-old McKee man was arrested Tuesday for public intoxication, second- and third-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of a prescription drug not in its original container at Walmart.

Anyone with information about any of these crimes is asked to call the Berea Police Department at 986-8456.

Brian Smith may be reached at bsmith@richmondregister. com or at 624-6694.