Burglary Call
Leads To Arrests
Loudon County Sheriff's Department responded to a call on Webb
Drive Wednesday, and as a result, officers may have collected
information to solve multiple area burglaries.
Chief Deputy Tony Aikens said officers responded to a call on
Webb Drive of a burglary in progress, and deployed the canine
unit. Upon receiving Lenoir City Police Department information
that they suspected the people in apartments at the top of
Browder Hill of being involved in burglaries, officers went to
the location.
"When we came here, a window was unlocked, and we entered the
residence to insure it was not being burglarized," Aikens said.
"Inside we found the suspects, two juvenile runaways and a
Hispanic male who was not a juvenile. The Hispanic male was
tazed because he wouldn't obey commands, and he is in custody."
Aikens said deputies recovered stolen items at the residence,
including three stolen guns. "We suspect we will solve our
burglary and another one inside Lenoir City," he said.
The identities of the suspects have not been released, and
further information on formal charges was not yet available
Wednesday afternoon.
UPDATE
Three arrested on burglary charges
Oscar
Obdulio Funes, 44, of 7851 Highway 11 West, Lenoir City,
has been charged with Felony Theft. Two juveniles will
also be charged with two counts of burglary each. Loudon
County Sheriff Tim Guider announced the arrest of the
three individuals who were found to be in possession of
several items believed to be from previous burglaries.
On Dec. 15 at approximately 1:50 p.m. deputies were
dispatched to a Webb Circle address on a report of a
burglary in progress. The homeowner had returned home to
find two subjects in her home. The subjects fled into a
nearby field.
The two suspects were described as one white male and
one Hispanic male, both wearing hooded sweatshirts.
Rather quickly, several officers and a K-9 unit
responded to the scene and canvassed the area, according
to authorities. Witnesses stated they saw two subjects
running toward some apartments located nearby on Hwy 11.
The K-9 unit gave track and along with the other
officers converged on the apartments. One apartment door
was standing open. After clearing that apartment, for
the suspects, investigators noticed in the apartment
several items that matched the descriptions from another
burglary. Officers heard movement in another apartment
two doors away. Officers knocked on the door and gave
verbal commands for the occupants to open the door and
come out. Upon entering the second apartment, officers
found two males fitting the description of the suspects,
who were also found to be runaway juveniles from a
Greeneville, Tenn. group home. Funes was actually the
resident of the first apartment. After consent to search
was given, several items believed to be stolen from at
least two other burglaries were recovered from both
apartments.
ICE is being notified of Funes, allegedly from
Guatemala, to investigate his legal status, authorities
said.
Sheriff Guider noted that in addition to the Sheriff's
Office deputies, investigators and K-9's that were
involved in the arrests, he appreciated the
participation of the Lenoir City Police Department and
the Tennessee Highway Patrol.