Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: Man Caught Breaking into 12 Hotel Rooms

Texarkana Arkansas Patrolman responded to a suspicious person call at Country Host Inn, 900 Realtor at 4:00am this morning. Officers encountered a man carrying a prying iron standing next to a car with a TV in the back seat. When the man saw the officers he immediately ran, fleeing up the hotel stairway. Officers gave chase and surrounded that area of the hotel. The man gave up when officers trapped him in an upper stairway. Offices later discovered that the man had either attempted to pry into or broken into twelve rooms of the hotel.

35 year-old Jimmy Lee Owens of Texarkana Texas was arrested for Burglary, Fleeing and Public Intoxication. He is currently being held in the Bi-State Jail and no bond as been set.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.