Exeter alleged porch pirate found to be wanted during arrest

EXETER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral who allegedly stole from someone's structure successful Exeter was arrested Tuesday, wherever helium was besides recovered with progressive warrants, the Exeter Police Department announced.

Around 4:40 p.m., constabulary accidental they received a study of a bundle worthy astir $300 that was stolen from a resident's structure by a bicyclist successful the 200 artifact of Atwood Street. Surveillance footage was obtained and the probe began.

Just earlier 6:10 p.m., officers received a extremity regarding a bicyclist who matched the suspect's description. After arriving astatine the 300 artifact of Albert Street, officers accidental they recovered the bicycle and contacted the fishy astatine a adjacent trailer.

Police identified the fishy arsenic 42-year-old Jeffrey McKenzie of Exeter, who investigators determined had the stolen spot of different person. McKenzie was besides recovered to person 3 progressive warrants for possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft.

Officers returned the stolen spot to its proprietor and yet booked McKenzie into the Tulare County Pre-Trial Facility.