A Tracking App Helped FWB Police Trace Stolen Property, May Release Says

From neighborhood reports to a motel room

Police said the investigation concerned overnight burglaries in several neighborhoods over multiple days. Their release describes surveillance footage, witness statements and similarities among the incidents, including vehicles left unlocked.

According to the department, one victim’s tracking application led officers to the Fairway Inn at 203 Miracle Strip Parkway SW. Police reported recovering property there and later executing a search warrant at a motel room, where they say they found a stolen Glock 19 and property belonging to multiple victims.

What the May statement establishes

The release reports the May 15 arrest of Charles Anderson, 28, whom police believed responsible for the series. It does not supply a full charge list, a warrant affidavit, a victim-by-victim inventory or a later court outcome. The allegations have not been independently adjudicated in the material reviewed for this article.

The tracking lead is one part of the department’s narrative. It does not establish how investigators linked every reported burglary to the arrested person. The warrant materials and individual incident reports would provide a firmer basis for examining those connections.

The full release is linked below so readers can distinguish the documented police account from the evidence that remains unavailable in this source.

Sources & archive records

1. FWBPD Arrests Suspect in Series of Vehicle Burglaries — original archived source

   Supplied police source; the complete image is preserved in Crypt of Echoes.