A Tullahoma, Tennessee, man was booked Friday on 31 counts stemming from a three-month-long investigation into a string of burglaries and thefts from vehicles, Franklin County officials said.
Bryan R. Dudley, 37, was charged with two counts of felony theft, nine counts of misdemeanor theft, 11 counts of burglary, eight counts of vandalism and possession of burglary tools, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Chris Guess said in a statement.
Bryan R. DudleyInvestigators used information from the public, video surveillance and surveillance by investigators and deputies, Guess said. The Manchester Police Department in neighboring Coffee County assisted in the investigation by relaying important case information to detectives in Franklin County, he said.
Guess said items typically taken were small electronics like cellphones, tablets and other valuables that are easy to carry and conceal. The areas targeted most often were access points on Tims Ford Lake, Woods Reservoir and the Elk River.
Those kinds of burglaries are not rare in the summertime, Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller said.