Three Men Arrested in Connection
With MoDOT Robbery
JEFFERSON CITY, August 3, 2005— Three men were
arrested last week stemming from a Missouri Capitol Police investigation
involving stolen state property.
In an attempt to curtail break-ins at the Jefferson
City office of Central District MoDOT Storage Facility, Capitol Police
officers installed and monitored a remote alarm system. A video recording
device remotely placed at the facility assisted officers on two occasions.
Video surveillance tapes show two individuals on separate occasions
breaking into a storage facility housing valuable raw materials.
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) inventory
records indicate a loss of approximately $6,500 in supplies, and a
portable gas generator. Capitol Police officers were able to recover
the generator at a business in Columbia Missouri. One suspect was
apprehended in Lebanon Missouri following a statewide broadcast from
Capitol Police Dispatch. Jefferson City Police Department was able
to apprehend another suspect at a Jefferson City business and Capitol
Police officers were able to arrest a third suspect.
Albert Christmann of Jefferson City, Charles French
of Hallsville and Mike Johnson of Jefferson City have been charged
in relation to the incident by the Office of the Cole County Prosecutor
and are awaiting trial.