UPDATE 12/19/2018 2:29PM
Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) detectives obtained surveillance video from Walmart stores in Malvern and Hot Springs early Wednesday morning. The suspects were connected to the vehicle break-ins because they allegedly used stolen credit/debit cards to make purchases at those stores.
The video shows the males entering the store and purchasing pre-paid credit cards using the stolen credit cards. The two males are thought to be in the company of a black female. The video shows that they are using a black four-door passenger car.
This is an ongoing investigation and we continue to encourage anyone with information about these crimes to contact the SCSO Criminal Investigation Division at 501-303-5608 or on the anonymous crime tip hotline at 501-303-5744.
ORIGINAL 12/19/2018 11:19AM
Residents are calling the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) in droves regarding thefts from their vehicles last night, according to a news release. As of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, SCSO staff had taken ten reports from the public about breaking and entering and theft from a vehicle. In each of these cases, the cars were left overnight and were left unlocked.
The area affected in this most recent spree has been near Brazil Road and Steel Bridge Road north of the Salem community.
Sheriff Rodney Wright urges residents, “Remove valuables from your vehicles and lock them anytime they are left unattended.”
SCSO detectives are actively working on these cases and encourage anyone with information about these crimes to contact them at 501-303-5608 or on the anonymous crime tip hotline at 501-303-5744.