Two burglaries occurred at two well-known Osceola businesses recently, and there’s a good chance both incidents are related.
According to Osceola Police Chief Marty Duffus, CROSS Ministries was broken into sometime during the night of Saturday, Jan. 10, and morning of Sunday, Jan. 11.
A break-in at Clarke County Animal Shelter occurred during the same hours.
It isn’t known at this time if one or more suspects committed the burglaries.
“It’s hard to say,” Duffus said. “... It used to be pretty much one person, but that’s not so much the case anymore. Sometimes it is, but you just never know.”
The suspect(s) broke the glass out of a door to gain entry into CROSS Ministries. Money was taken from the business, but an exact loss amount was unavailable.
Animal shelter
At the animal shelter, entry into the building was also gained by breaking a door. Dog food was reported as missing.
Not all of the details in the case could be reported to the news media, but Duffus did say an item of interest was a dog was taken from the shelter during the break-in.
“We did recover the dog,” he said.
Duffus said he believes the two burglaries are more than likely related.
“We can’t always say that, but more than likely they’re related. Whenever you have two on the same day, they’re most generally related,” he said. “It could be a coincidence, but usually not. We’ve got some leads in the animal shelter that we’re following up. We’ll see where that takes us over the next week.”
The incidents are currently under investigation by Osceola Police Department.