Arkansas Blog: Hot after the Hillcrest burglars -- UPDATE II

The Hillcrest burglars who pawned a stolen digital camera with photos of the crooks celebrating their haul has led to a bust. Read all about it in a note from Police Chief Stuart Thomas.

UPDATE: Several readers inquired after the well-being of the accused burglar reported hospitalized two days after his arrest at a motel. Shame on you for jumping to conclusions. A police spokesman said the suspect was not injured by police. He complained of chest pains and was hospitalized at UAMS for treatment. He is under guard in conditions appreciably better than the Pulaski County lockup. And better for law-abiding citizens than being on the streets.

UPDATE II: Readers were correct to inquire. Police Lt. Terry Hastings apparently misinformed me about the hospitalized burglar. According to a full police report quoted in the Democrat-Gazette this morning, the accused suffered injuries to his arms when tackled by police after he refused to submit to arrest. He has been released from the hospital, the D-G said.

FROM LR CHIEF STUART THOMAS

This information has developed over the past couple of days:

The camera was taken from a residential burglary at 123 Thayer. Detective Ford was able to recover the camera along with several other items that were pawned at Pawnderosa Pawn. The subject that pawned the items is Hurshel Sanders, W/M, 12/05/1969. Detective Ford obtained TBR warrants for Mr. Sanders. Mr. Sanders is one of the subjects on the victim’s camera.

Detective Hastings identified another B/M on the victim’s camera as Vince Davis, 2/13/1965. Mr. Davis was taken into custody last night at the Economy Inn and is still at UAMS. He is under hospital guard by LRPD Officers. Once he is released Detectives Hastings and Ford will interview him and place the appropriate charges on him.

Mr. Sanders was also arrested on 4/14/2008, at the Economy Inn. Detectives Hasting and Ford did interview him and find that a lot of the property taken in the burglaries was pawned at Pawnderosa Pawn. Detectives Hastings and Ford have recovered approximately $30,000.00 worth of jewelry.

There were also four other individuals that were on the victims camera. James Richards, W/M, 11/20/1964, and Sharon Richards, W/F, 9/20/1964, were arrested and picked up by Harrison Police Department. The other two B/M's have not yet been identified.

The following are residential burglaries that we can confirm that Mr. Davis will be charged with:

·          208 Vernon- Jewelry recovered
·          1118 North Jackson- Digital camera
·          3425 Cedar Hill- Positive ID
·          301 North Palm- Positive ID
·          301 North Ash- Positive ID
·          2917 Ozark- Jewelry and positive ID
·          105 North Woodrow- Jewelry
·          128 South Oak- Jewelry
·          3705 Plateau- Jewelry and DVD's

The following are still under investigation. We are attempting to match prints as well as match stolen property that is listed on incident reports. I feel certain that the below listed burglaries should be cleared. All match the same MO and have similar items taken. All burglaries occurred in primarily 50 and 51's district.

·          811 North Van Buren
·          1706 North Pierce
·          8 Fairfax
·          3911 Oakwood
·          518 Fairfax
·          501 Ridgeway
·          3505 Hill
·          2008 West Markham
·          811 North Polk
·          219 North Walnut
·          219 North Cedar
·          109 South Cedar

We will continue working these.

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Dumbasses.

Posted by: devilsadvocate | April 16, 2008 11:44 AM

Thank god that these morons are temporarily removed from the gene pool. Dumbasses.

Posted by: devilsadvocate | April 16, 2008 11:46 AM

Cheers to the LR Police!

I knew they would catch these idiots since they were too dumb to leave the area.

Time was against them. Leave a driver's license while trying to pawn a camera with pictures showing you surrounded by stolen goods from a crime wave, and pictures showing you with and using illegal drugs.

The police were licking their chops to catch these fools. Open and shut case with ID's and photo evidence to convict on a full string of crimes. The solved case percentage just took a bump up for the burglary division.

As a tip for everyone, keep a picture in your camera memory of all your contact information. Just take a picture of a sheet of paper with name, phone, email etc. If your camera is lost it will help a Good Semaritan return it to you. If stolen you can help bring down a crime ring.

Good work Brother of Citizen Home!

Posted by: Citizen home | April 16, 2008 12:30 PM

Ever wonder why criminals are criminals? They're too stupid to get paying gigs.

Posted by: 70%er | April 16, 2008 12:32 PM

I figured that it would only be a matter of time before they caught up with these imbeciles. This criminal enterprise wasn't exactly the second coming of Enron.

Posted by: bopbamboom | April 16, 2008 01:44 PM

That Pawnderosa place keeps popping up in a lot of crime-beat stories.

Posted by: Quapaw | April 16, 2008 01:47 PM

What was the name of, at the time, the well known pawn shop on the 100 block of Main across from the now disappeared bus station? The owner was sort of well known and at times thought to be a rather shady character. I always liked that part of town: bus station (when bus travel was big), pawnshop, barbershop, seedy hotel, greasey spoon and lots of hookers. For a country boy to come to the big city and just gawk at the comings & goings that was pure delicious.

Posted by: ArkansawTravler | April 16, 2008 02:12 PM

Does anyone know why the black male who was taken into custody at the Economy Inn Monday night is still in the hospital two days later?

ARK. BLOG: Trying to find out.

Posted by: MarthaB | April 16, 2008 02:18 PM

Damn. these idjits are hard working, if nothing else: 9 confirmed burglaries and 12 more. What's the timeframe here?

I hope this story gets more publicity. Put up the pictures from the sleazy motel party!

Posted by: hugh mann | April 16, 2008 02:25 PM

ArkansawTravler, you are thinking of Maxie's Pawn Shop, with the eternal "going out of business sale" sign.
How does one find out about an obvious crime spree like this? None of these were reported in the Dim Gaze. When they are listed there, the dates are 2 months old. How much help is that?

LRPD has arrested tall skinny scruffy white guy, Elton John glasses guy, and black guy blue shirt with beer bottles.
Black male in hospital may have been shot. There was a loud bang, not sure who fired, or may have been the door getting kicked in. LRPD has also been known to blow a door with explosives at that hotel. He was walked out in cuffs, but left in the ambulance.

Posted by: Kesandra | April 16, 2008 03:33 PM

Black guy in hospital.

That reminds me of an incident in my neighborhood in Foxcroft last winter.

Wife and dog awakened by a crash at 3 am. I didn't hear anything. Wife made me go outside to check on things. Across street two houses up there is a car off between houses. I go get flashlight and go investigate. An Audi ran across two yards, pushed a large landscape boulder across one of the yards and veered down between the houses.

As I get there this cute blonde comes climbing up the hill wearing nothing but socks, boxer shorts, and a wifebeater. Said she was dialing her cell phone. Smells like a distillery in a cigarette factory. I get a blanket from home and the girl says she lives two blocks away but wants a ride to boyfriends because her husband is going to be too mad.

Messed up the Audi and caused $12,000 landscape damage. Cops come and since it was cold out they reported "appeared to have been drinking but not drunk" and give her a ride home.

Telling the story at office next day, a black co-worker said " damn, must be nice being a cute white woman, I would have been handcuffed, carted off in the cop car never to be seen again".

With my co-worker's response above I wouldn't dare guess why the black guy might still be in UAMS.

A follow up to the crash. The neighbor with the landscape damage is having a hell of a time getting yard fixed but his wife comes home and says she saw the cute blonde at Exxon, on her cell phone in a 2008 Convertible Audi. I guess the husband has gotten over being mad.

Posted by: Citizen home | April 16, 2008 04:37 PM

Glad my 2 vicious hounds plus the 3rd, daughters borrowed big dog kept the bad guys away! Max- the bulldog threat worked!

Posted by: Diogenes | April 16, 2008 08:33 PM

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