Some investigative work by employees of a Council Bluffs auto dealer helped police catch a suspected burglar.
Police say they’ve arrested 60-year-old Samuel Berry, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, for breaking into and stealing property from Rhoden Auto Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
They say they were able to track him down after employees looked at surveillance video and determined he looked like a customer who asked for change to break a dollar the day before.
“After comparing video of this man with the burglary suspect, the employees were convinced that it was the same person. They also had video of the vehicle that the man had arrived in the previous day,” the Council Bluffs Police Department said in a statement Monday.
Officers were able to find a vehicle matching the one seen in the video at the nearby Motel 6.
Police say they found the clothes Berry wore during the burglary, a crowbar and property from the business in his car.
He was booked into jail on charges of third-degree burglary.
