Police tie side-by-side theft and recovered badge to suspects after searches of White Bluff property

Detectives told the court they investigated a string of vehicle burglaries and thefts in the Petty Road area and that surveillance video obtained from a restaurant named the Fat Tiger showed a side-by-side vehicle enter the property at 358 Old Highway 70 and sit behind vegetation before later leaving. Detective Jeff Lovell testified that video evidence showed a person emerge from vegetation near a truck and the side-by-side then depart eastbound on Highway 70 with the truck following, which led investigators to identify an address and personnel they believed were connected to the vehicle.

Officers executing a July 24, 2024 search of the property recovered smaller items in the garage/shop area—within roughly 30 minutes they located items including a cuff case and a large Vitek flashlight/taser allegedly taken from a victim’s vehicle, plus other items that were later listed on the property-receipt inventory. Captain Troy Martin testified that property receipts listed items attributed to both Perry and DuBois; he said most recovered items came from the garage apartment rather than the trailer. The court also heard that Officer Conklin and Officer Long stopped Seth Hall in a separate traffic stop, where they recovered a corrections badge that matched property taken from a victim’s vehicle.

Nut graf: The state presented surveillance and recovery evidence tying multiple suspects to a series of thefts; that evidence—coupled with recovered property that officers say came from the garage/shop—was central to the state's effort to show why investigators focused on the White Bluff property and to establish the factual basis for searches and charges.

What investigators said: On the record, detectives described the sequence that led from surveillance video to earlier probationary inquiries to a later search warrant and the items found during the July search. Defense counsel contested the exact provenance and the scope of what was searched, arguing some items could have been placed in the garage by others and pressing whether the shop had been locked.