Video, tip help capture burglary subject

Dragus Montez Dixon, 18, Neeley Avenue, faces multiple charges, Detective Charles Merlo said.

"We had about four or five auto burglaries in the Hillcrest Drive area," Merlo said. "One of the victims bought a video camera after he had been burglarized several times. On March 8 (the suspect) was caught on video and could be seen running south.

"On March 12 he came back and saw a note left on the truck saying for him to bring back the items he had taken."

The person, who was again caught on video, left but came back and took the note, Merlo said.

Officers received information indicating Dixon may have been involved in the burglaries, Merlo said.

"We walked over to his apartment and he opened the door," Merlo said.

Two DVD players and an iPod Dixon is accused of stealing were recovered from the apartment by police.

Dixon faces four charges of burglary, three charges of theft of property and one charge each of attempted burglary and vandalism, Merlo said.

He is being held on $14,000 bond, Bedford County Jail records show.

One of the burglaries of which Dixon is accused occurred Friday, police said.

A resident of South Hillcrest Drive, a few blocks from the apartment complex in which Dixon lives, said a portable DVD player was taken from a vehicle at her residence. This was not the location at which the video camera was set up, police records indicate.

Unfriendly move

A women who asked to stay at a friend's Hoover Street apartment Thursday night took her friend's cellular phone and a chain bearing several keys as she left Friday and hasn't been seen since, police said.

Stolen purses

A purse accidentally left unattended on a table at McDonald's Restaurant inside Wal-Mart was taken Sunday.

The victim told police contents included $400 in food stamps, $110 cash, two wallets and home and vehicle keys.

A purse was stolen from a vehicle at the Goodwill store, Big Springs Shopping Center, about noon Saturday, police said.

Jail intake

The following persons were arrested since Friday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force or Tennessee Highway Patrol. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.

• Gelle Abdiqani, 20, Nashville; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond
• Lauren Amber Alford, 25, Tullahoma; disorderly conduct, resist stop/frisk/halt/search; released, $3,500 bond
• Michelle Kathryn Baker, 37, Maplewood Drive; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; held, $6,000 bond
• Agustin Bartolo, 22, Bird Street; DUI, no driver's license/exhibited on demand, financial responsibility; released, $1,500 bond
• Jasinto Bartolome, 19, Archery Lane; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $500 bond
• Gregory Lee Bradford, 48, Estill Springs; public intoxication; held, no bond
• James Edward Church, 45, Tillett's Trailer Court; DUI, habitual motor vehicle offender, driving on revoked/suspended license; held, $15,000 bond
• Efrin Marise Diaz, 25, Woodbury Street; contempt of court; released, $1,000 bond
• Nicholas Diego, 32, Shelbyville; no driver's license/exhibited on demand, violation of probation; released, $3,000 bond
• Dragus Montez Dixon, 18, Neeley Avenue; vandalism, auto burglary, attempted burglary, theft of property; held, $14,000 bond
• Heath Michael Emslie, 31, Midland Road; DUI, leaving scene of accident, implied consent, immediate notice of accident; released, $6,000 bond
• Kimberly Renee Flippin, 43, Frank Martin Road; DUI, introducing contraband into a penal institution, possession of schedule II drug; released, $8,500 bond
• Avelino Gonzalez Jr., 27, Rich Lane; public intoxication; released, $500 bond
• Christopher Blake Hill, 25, Bird Street; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond
• Adam Robert Imes, 19, Ash Road; failure to appear; released, $2,500 bond
• James Frank Jackson, 36, Tullahoma; violation of probation; held, $2,500 bond
• Margie Darlene Ledbetter, 39, Highway 82 South; forgery; held, $19,000 bond
• Jerry Wayne Neal, 49, Colonial Avenue; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond
• Donald Wayne Nowlin, 24, Kingston Corner Road; violation of probation, public intoxication; held, no bond
• Wanda Aremtha Overcast, 41, Hawkins Drive; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $250 bond
• Juan Jose Perez, 18, Bethany Lane; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $1,000 bond
• Ronnie Polly, 54, Gregory Mill Road; domestic assault; held, $2,500 bond
• John Allen Smith, 50, Burnett Drive, Wartrace; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond
• Tina Pearline Smith, 28, Autumn Lane; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $2,000 bond
• Daniel Gomez Sosa, 21, Cherokee Trail; public intoxication; held, $500 bond
• Shannon Gene Branch Taylor, 23, Tullahoma; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $4,000 bond
• Michael Anthony Throneberry, 22, El Bethel Road; violation of probation (two counts); released, $5,000 bond
• Darlene Annette Unruh, 36, Fairfield Pike; DUI; released, $1,000 bond
• Curtis Mitchell Walker, 25, Tollgate Road; simple possession, possession of drug paraphernalia; released, $2,000 bond