Pair Caught Breaking Into Home In Brainerd

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Ricky Lamar Joseph
Ricky Lamar Joseph

Police said two young men were arrested after a Brainerd man came home and caught them breaking into his house.

Arrested were Hunter Alexander Bailey, 22, of 810 Glenn Ave., Rossville, and Ricky Lamar Joseph, 20, of 4513 Drummond Dr. They are charged with aggravated burglary.

In the incident last Friday, Jeffery Varlandingham of Biltmore Avenue said he spotted two men breaking into his home. He said when they saw him they jumped a neighbor's fence.

Police saw where a window screen had been removed and a window broken at the rear of the house.

A short time later, officers apprehended Bailey and Joseph. They were brought to the scene and identified by the homeowner and by a female neighbor who saw them running through her yard.

Joseph was out on bond awaiting charges in Criminal Court for a 2011 burglary. 

 

Hunter Bailey
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