JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas State Police investigators working with two out-of-state agencies executed search warrants in Jacksonville and Sherwood that resulted in an arrest related to a long-time and far-reaching burglary spree.
The arrest of 40-year-old Curtis Lee Barton of Jacksonville is due to his being a suspect in over 30 commercial burglaries in northern Missouri and southern Iowa over several decades, officials said. ASP investigators said they found evidence Barton used in committing the crimes while searching his Jacksonville home.
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ASP officials said they were working in cooperation with the Wapellow County Sheriff’s Office of Iowa and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office of Missouri in the investigation.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office served Barton with five arrest warrants, and he is facing charges of burglary, theft, and property damage. Officials said they used an arrest warrant from Lewis County, Missouri, to book Barton into the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center, where records show he is being held without bond…