On February 19, Michael J. Scroggins, 19, of Du Quoin was arrested by the Du Quoin Police Department on a Perry County warrant for burglar. Police believe that on or about November 12, 2008 Scroggins entered the Du Quoin High School and removed several musical instruments with a plan to pawn the instruments on January 19, 2009.
Sandra L. Bauer, 24, of Du Quoin was arrested on the same charges and was present with Scroggins when the burglary took place. Siefert Trucking Co. foiled the theft when they discovered the instruments hidden on their property near the railroad tracks and alerted police.
Scroggins remains in the Perry County Jail where he is being held on a $2,000 cash bond.
On February 24, 2009, Kimberly M. Breeden was arrested by the Du Quoin Police Department for a burglary to a vehicle that was parked in the parking lot of the Heartland Baking Co. located in the Du Quoin Industrial Park.
On March 3, 2009, Clint D. Williams, 25, of Du Quoin was served a Perry County warrant for the same burglary. Du Quoin police allege that on December 27, 2008 Breeden and Williams acted together entering a vehicle belonging to Ashley Keller while she was at work at Heartland Baking.
The two removed personal checks from Keller's checkbook and later cashed them at Wal-Mart in Du Quoin.
Breeden remains in the Perry County Jail where she is being held on a $4,000 cash bond. Williams remains in the Jackson County Jail on a separate case and is also being held on the Perry County warrant with a $4,000 cash bond.
Both Williams and Breeden are on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Assistant Du Quoin Chief of Police Jamie Ellermeyer said that several burglaries have been solved in the last two months, but other burglaries that took place around Christmas have not yet been solved. Several Christmas presents were taken from a vehicle on Christmas eve including an Alpine car stereo and Rockford Fosgate amplifier were taken from another vehicle just after the first of the year.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Du Quoin Police Department at 542-2131.
