Burglary suspects apprehended in Morrow County

By Randa Wagner -

Two Franklin County res­i­dents were arrested early Thurs­day morn­ing after a bur­glary at a home on SR 314 north of CR 22.

Bob­bie Tope, 32, of Colum­bus and Ronald Chris­t­ian, Jr. of Colum­bus are being detained in the Mor­row County Cor­rec­tional Facil­ity in con­nec­tion with the burglary.

Accord­ing to a report from the Mor­row County Sheriff’s office, a Mor­row County Sheriff’s deputy noticed a black sedan sit­ting on the road­side on SR 314 north of CR 22 about 3:01 a.m. Tope and her son were in the vehi­cle and she claimed the car broke down and her father was enroute to pick them up. Then she indi­cated she would try dri­ving the car, but stopped again and said the car would not go and she would wait for her father. She was instructed by the offi­cer not to drive the car, and the offi­cer left the scene.

The offi­cer was then noti­fied by dis­patch of a sus­pi­cious male leav­ing a garage (in the area the offi­cer first located the car) and head­ing south on SR 314. The car was located try­ing to head north and the offi­cer searched the car with the con­sent of Tope. Items typ­i­cally taken in home bur­glar­ies were found, though Tope claimed they belonged to her. When the home­own­ers on SR 314 called say­ing their home was bur­glar­ized, the stolen items matched some of the car’s contents.

The iden­tity of Chris­t­ian was gained and he was appre­hended by another offi­cer while walk­ing along SR 314. Chris­t­ian and Tope were taken to the Mor­row County Jail. They were inter­viewed along with the juve­nile and their vehi­cle was towed from the scene.

Charges are pend­ing and many of the items found in the vehi­cle are believed to have come from mul­ti­ple loca­tions and counties.

Posted by Randa Wagner on Aug 30 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.