Auburn, Ala. (EETV) - On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Auburn Police arrested 3 suspects on breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and theft of property 4th degree.
Michelle L. Nelson, 24, Alexis V. Herron, 24, Stephen A. Delaney, 21 and Elijah O. Beaulieu 20, all from Opelika; have been charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and theft of property 4th degree. Beaulieu was also charged with possession of marijuana 2nd degree.
The arrests stems from an investigation by Auburn Police into reports filed on Tuesday, May 2nd about several thefts from unlocked vehicles parked at apartment complexes in the E. Longleaf Drive area of Auburn.
Further investigation into those incidents resulted in Nelson, Herron, Delaney and Beaulieu being developed as suspects. Three of the suspects were contacted traveling in a vehicle by an officer on S. College Street, after receiving a suspicious person call. Responding officers recovered property, valued at over $200, in the suspect vehicle that was previously stolen from a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu; unlawfully entered while parked at the apartment complex. A subsequent search of the suspect’s residence resulted in the fourth suspect being located and the recovery of ammunitions, electronics, purses and U.S. currency reported stolen from other vehicles parked in the area.
