An Adair Co. man has been arrested on multiple charges after a string of residential burglaries.
On Saturday, June 8, 2019 the Adair County Sheriff’s Office started receiving complaints from Oak Grove Rd and Taylor Ford Rd in eastern Adair County of property’s being broken into. The Sheriff's Office intensified their patrol in the area, and around 2:00amCT, Adair Co. Deputy Brandon Hitch met a subject on an ATV on Oak Grove Rd and attempted to stop the individual who immediately fled the scene. The pursuit went off the road and across multiple fields. Deputy Hitch eventually lost the subject once he entered into the woods.
Early the following morning, around daybreak on Sunday, June 9th, a resident of the area saw a suspicious person coming from the woods and alerted the Sheriff's Office. Chief Deputy Justin Cross and Sheriff Josh Brockman proceeded to the area and located the subject at an abandoned farm house off Christine Rd. He was identified as 33-year-old Wesley Pitcock of Columbia, KY, who was taken into custody. Multiple stolen items were located: chainsaws, weed trimmers, air compressors, jump boxes, miscellaneous tools, a golf cart, and a stolen 2002 silver Mercury Mountaineer SUV that had been reported stolen from Horse Cave, KY.
The investigation revealed that at least 4 seperate residences had been stolen from in that area over a 24-hour period. All of the stolen property has been returned to its rightful owners.
Pitcock was charged with 4 counts of Burglary, Receiving Stolen Property over $10,000, and Theft by Unlawful Taking. He will also be facing charges of Fleeing and Evading Police 1st degree stemming from the pursuit earlier that morning.
The investigation is ongoing by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office.
