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6 Oakwood burglaries linked to suspect, police say

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By Kelli Wynn, Staff Writer Updated 2:24 PM Friday, February 12, 2010

OAKWOOD — Oakwood Public Safety Department officials say they can connect a 28-year-old Dayton man to at least six residential burglaries that have taken place in the city since November.

Police arrested Nicholas S. Jenkins for resisting arrest around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, while he was walking north on Oakwood Avenue, near Volusia Avenue, according to Lt. Jeff Yount.

Prior to Jenkins’ arrest, Oakwood officers were given a description of a man they believed might be responsible for some of the city’s recent burglaries, Yount said Friday, Feb. 12. Jenkins caught the attention of one of the patrol officers because he was carrying a black bag that matched the description of a bag that was carried by a man seen leaving a house on Beverly Place on Feb. 3 before police determined that someone had broken into a house there.

Police asked for Jenkins’ identification and later discovered that he had a warrant for his arrest out of Sugarcreek Twp. for writing bad checks.

“We were able to determine that he was involved in these (six) burglaries,” Yount said.

Jenkins, who was chased by police after attempting to flee when he was approached on Feb. 10, was eventually captured and booked into the Montgomery County Jail. He was still there as of 1 p.m. Friday, pending possible charges of escape, assaulting police and burglary being filed against him in the county Common Pleas Court.

Police received the first report regarding the six burglaries sometime in November. These burglaries took place on Acorn Drive, Woodburn Avenue, Rubicon Road, Schenck Avenue and Dixon Avenue.

“Right now I have to believe he was acting alone,” Yount said. “I think he’s responsible for more than this.” Although, police believe Jenkins acted alone, they are not ruling out the possibility that there are others who may be responsible for other residential burglaries in Oakwood.

Jenkins, who admitted to police that he had drug problems, was living with at least two other people in an abandoned house at 2208 Wayne Avenue in Dayton, Yount said.

After the Feb. 3 burglary on Beverly Place, a Dayton police dog tracked the scent of the thief to the vicinity of Tank’s Bar & Grill on Wayne Avenue and the Flyer Pointe Apartments on Fourman Court.

“We did locate some of the items that were taken from these burglaries at an unknown address on Wayne Avenue,” Yount said. “ I’m hopeful that we will be able to recover some more (stolen items).”

Yount described Jenkins as a burglar who operated between 6 and 9 p.m., always on foot, and “would target the homes that didn’t have any lights on.”

Yount believes that Jenkins has gone unnoticed all this time because “he didn’t necessarily appear to be suspicious.”

The public safety department has had at least 15 residential burglaries since December, according to Capt. Randy Baldridge.

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