Police arrest Colleyville burglary suspect after 5-hour search across neighborhoods
Colleyville police officers arrested a burglary suspect after a five-hour search on Saturday, according to police.
Police were dispatched to the 5200 block of Montclair Drive at about 5:40 a.m. regarding a suspicious person who was walking around with a flashlight looking into vehicles, the department said in a news release. Officers did not find the person there.
At around 6:50 a.m., dispatch received additional calls about a suspicious person walking in a neighbor’s yard in the 5200 block of Coventry Court and looking into cars, according to police.
The man was dressed in all black and had a backpack. This description closely matched a burglary suspect on security video from another Colleyville neighborhood the previous week.
Soon after officers responded to this area, a suspect matching the description was seen, by police, running through a vacant lot on Bluebonnet Drive and was reported jumping fences between homes in the Stonecrest Estates, Montclair Parc and Chelsea Park neighborhoods. Police secured a perimeter.
Officers found a discarded backpack in the area in which the suspect was seen running. “The backpack contained ammunition, a pistol, and burglary tools,” police said.
A Southlake police dog picked up a scent from the backpack. Just before noon a Southlake police officer and the dog found the suspect in the 5100 block of Camelot Drive, and the suspect was taken into custody with multiple officers present, according to police.
The suspect is a 32-year-old man, police said. His name has not been released.
“We continue to work through this investigation, including his ties to other crimes,” Colleyville police said in a statement.
The Grapevine Police Department, Euless Police Department, Trophy Club Police Department, Hurst Police Department and Bedford Police Department also provided resources, additional officers, and drones to help apprehend the suspect.
“I am proud of the hard work and perseverance that all of the involved officers put into bringing this suspect into custody,” said Michael C. Miller, Colleyville police chief. “These relationships are crucial during an incident of this magnitude. We would also like to thank our Colleyville residents for heeding our precautions, and reporting suspicious activity when it happened; we couldn’t do it without them.”
Anyone in this area who believes they were a victim of a related crime or anyone with video footage of the incident is asked to contact the Colleyville PD non-emergency line at 817-743-4522.
This story was originally published February 25, 2023 at 8:23 PM.
