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Jan 20, 2021 10:44 AM
The Corbin Police Department says they’ve arrested a man connected to break-in attempts at three local convenience stores. Corbin Police Lt. Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said 19-year-old Jerrad L. Gilbert is charged with burglary and criminal mischief after incidents at A to Z Mart on South Main Street, the Sunoco gas station on 18th Street near Corbin High School, and Corbin Tobacco 2 at the intersection of South Main and South Kentucky Ave. Police found windows busted out at each location, but no one at the scene. After investigating and reviewing surveillance footage police arrested Gilbert, who was riding a bicycle on U.S. 25W near Wallen’s Towing. Police searched his mother’s home on Kentucky Ave. and found clothes he was wearing in the security videos and items taken from the break ins. Gilbert was lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center.
A Corbin man was arrested early Thursday morning following and investigation into break-in attempts at three local convenience stores.
Corbin Police have charged Jerrad L. Gilbert, 19, with one count of third-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal mischief in connection with the incidents at A to Z Mart on South Main Street, the Sunoco gas station on 18
th Street near Corbin High School, and the tobacco store at the intersection of South Main and South Kentucky Ave.
Corbin Police Lt. Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said at approximately 1 a.m., police received reports of activated burglar alarms from A to Z Mart and Sunoco.