January 25, 2025 - Shelby County authorities have quickly rounded up a suspect following the discovery Saturday, January 25, 2025 of several items having been stolen.
A raid was performed on a resident in the 400 block of Houston Street in Timpson on Saturday night and one suspect was taken into custody.
According to Josh Tipton, Constable Precinct 5, Saturday around 10am he received a phone call from a business owner in Timpson that their auto parts warehouse had been broken into.
Constable Tipton met with the owner and did a report gathering all valuable information of what was missing, with an itemized parts list. The Precinct 5 Constable office immediately started an investigation attempting to locate the stolen property and by about 3pm they knew where property was located.
Through short surveillance investigation, Constable Tipton states they felt strongly that they had their suspect identified and the location of stolen property. Constable Tipton and Deputy Constable Pope started normal procedures for search and arrest warrants and then contacted District Attorney Karren Price and advised her of the situation as well as intentions to seek warrants for the suspect. The constables remained in contact with DA Price throughout the paperwork process.
The search warrants were signed by a District Judge and a felony arrest warrant was signed by a Shelby County Justice of the Peace. After all paperwork signed and documents in place, Constable Tipton said he reached out to other Shelby County agencies to execute the search warrant.
After a short briefing of the task at hand, amongst the officers and agencies involved, at around 8:15pm Precinct 3 Constable Roy Cheatwood deployed a county drone for officer safety while others went en-route to make entry into the residence.
The officers served the warrant and entered the residence without incident before taking the suspect into custody.
Of the auto parts recovered, the total estimated value is around $3,750.
On behalf of all the officers involved, Constable Tipton thanked the citizens of Timpson for being vigilant and if you see any suspicious activity alert law enforcement immediately.
Constable Tipton offered a special thank you to Karren Price, District Attorney; Hon. James Payne, 273rd Judicial District Judge; Center Police Depertment Detective Sgt. Billy Lusk; Center Police Department K9 Sgt. Brian Wright and Enzo; Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Ingram; and Precinct 3 Constable Roy Cheatwood - drone pilot.
Shelby County Today has confirmed the Shelby County Jail arrest log indicates Larry Barrett, 35, of Timpson was arrested and charged with burglary of a building, state jail felony.
