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By Jeremy Coumbes on March 5, 2021 at 2:18pm
A third arrest has been made in a home invasion in Jacksonville earlier this week.
29-year-old Dylan P. Watkins of the 1000 block of East Morton Avenue was arrested at approximately 8:30 last night on a charge of residential burglary.
On Monday at approximately 4:45 am, police responded to a call of a home invasion in the 1800 block of Cedar Street where a caller advised at the scene that 3 suspects entered his home through the carport and started taking belongings from the basement.
According to the police report, the homeowner got into a physical altercation with one of the suspects. The homeowner said the suspect left with his gun while he exited the residence through the carport.
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ARRESTS, CITATIONS
• Jarrod L. Holtz, 48, homeless, was booked into the Morgan County jail at 6:11 p.m. Saturday on a possession of methamphetamine charge and an out-of-county warrant accusing him of failing to appear in court on a contempt of court charge.
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ARRESTS, CITATIONS
• Dylan P. Watkins, 29, of 1042 E. Morton Ave. was booked into the Morgan County jail at 6:40 p.m. Sunday on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge.
• James B. Morris, 68, of 19 Clarke Drive was booked into the Morgan County jail at 11:18 a.m. Saturday on charges of driving while license is suspended, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and illegal possession of adult-use cannabis and a traffic signal violation.