Staff Reports
JENNINGS COUNTY — An Edinburgh man was arrested Sunday after Jennings County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to a recycling center burglary alarm.
Sgt. Allen Ritchie was sent to the ISA Recycling Center in Spencer Township early Sunday, said Chief Deputy Dave Turner.
While he was traveling there, Jennings County Central Dispatch received a report of a single-vehicle crash near the same location. After Ritchie’s arrival, his investigation revealed that the suspect, Marvin McCall, 57, Edinburgh had broken into the business and loaded his truck with several catalytic converters before leaving the scene, Turner said.
The investigation showed that the suspect left the scene at a high rate of speed and wrecked his vehicle where it overturned several times and eventually came to rest in the middle of the roadway on County Road 900W, about 200 yards from ISA Recycling, Turner said. After wrecking the vehicle, the suspect returned to the business where he then stole a Bobcat Skid loader and drove it to the scene of the accident where he unsuccessfully attempted to turn the vehicle back on its wheels, Turner said.
The suspect then left his vehicle and Bobcat in the roadway before fleeing the scene for the second time.
Ritchie deployed his canine partner, Vampir, who located McCall about a mile and a half away from the scene where he was then taken into custody.
McCall was taken to the Jennings County Jail on preliminary charges of felony burglary, two counts of felony theft, felony possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, Turner said. McCall’s bond was set at $3,155, jail officials said.
Assisting at the scene: Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.