Pittsburg man arrested for burglarizing vehicle

A man from Pittsburg was taken into custody after allegedly stealing from a vehicle. Read the full press release below:

On Tuesday evening, May 26, 2020, at approximately 6:20 PM, law enforcement officers with the Pittsburg Police Department were dispatched to the area of the 400 block of S. Walnut St., in Pittsburg, regarding a complaint of a suspicious person in the area. The originating complainant advised the suspect kept coming onto the complainant’s property despite being asked to leave several times.

Officers located the subject, who was later identified as 32-year-old Travis W. Beckley, of Pittsburg, in the 300 block of W. Kansas St. Additional investigation into this incident resulted in Beckley being identified as the perpetrator of a motor vehicle burglary that took place in the 200 block of E. Forest around that same time. Witnesses advised Beckley opened the door of a motor vehicle that did not belong to him, and began rummaging through the interior of the vehicle.

Beckley was taken into custody without incident and was transported to the jail at the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office for booking. Beckley was arrested for felony burglary to a motor vehicle, and he is being held in lieu of a $3,000 bond.