Man accused of taking candy, coins from car wash
A suspect in the burglary of Westgate Car Wash was arrested Thursday when he returned hours later to retrieve a beer, police said.
Jonathan Jackson, 52, of Tex arkana , Texas, was arrested on two counts of burglary early Thursday for allegedly taking candy and
coins from Westgate Car Wash, 3501 Summerhill Road, said Shawn Vaughn, spokesman for Texarkana, Texas, Police Department.
At the time of his arrest on two burglary charges, Jackson was also served an outstanding warrant for burglary in Texarkana, Ark. Bond has not been set yet on any of the charges, Vaughn said.
Officer Thomas Shaddix was initially dispatched to an alarm call at the business at 9:38 p.m. Wednesday. He found a broken window on the east side of the building and evidence that someone had been inside. He reviewed the surveillance video from inside the building with the car wash’s manager that showed a man, later identified as Jackson, entering through the window and trying to force open the cash register, Vaughn stated in a press release.
When that proved unsuccessful, the suspect then removed all the candy from the counter display and fled the scene. While investigating the burglary, Shaddix found an open can of beer on the counter near the register that he believed had been left by the suspect and collected it as evidence, Vaughn said.
A second alarm call was sent from the business at 3:21 a.m. Thursday.
“As Shaddix arrived, he saw Jackson walking across the parking lot and immediately recognized him as the suspect in the first burglary. Shaddix determined that Jackson had again entered the building and removed a coin bag, which was found in his pocket. Jackson told Shaddix that he had returned to the business to retrieve his beer that he had forgotten when he was previously there,” Vaughn said in the press release.
Jackson was charged with two counts of burglary of a building and taken to the Bi-State Justice Building jail.