Perryton Crime Stoppers

CRIME OF THE WEEK

Friday, January 7, 2005

Perryton Ochiltree County Crime Stoppers officials are looking for information on a recent crime that resulted in more than $70,000.00 in damages, and if the person or people responsible for the crime are caught, they could be facing federal charges. Because of the severity of the incident, Crime Stoppers officials are offering their top reward for help in solving the case. Saturday, January 1st arson at Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witness Church at 701 S. Colgate. The fire was reported around 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning. It was contained mostly to the northwest corner of the building, but before local fire fighters had the blaze out, it had spread into the attic of the building and caused between $70,000.00 and $80,000.00 in damages. Working from suspicious evidence found at the scene, officials from the State Fire Marshall's Office and the A.T.F. determined that the fire was intentionally set after someone vandalized the inside of the church. Arson on a place of worship is a first-degree felony.

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Other Unsolved Cases:

Friday, April 23, 2004
Theft

Between the night of Friday, April 2nd and the early morning of Saturday, April 3 rd someone busted out several windows at Perryton High School, gained entry into the school's office area and then stole a Panasonic rechargeable mini-recorder, a Franklin pocket translator, a Bytespeed laptop computer, a new version of Printshop Deluxe and a tennis racquet autographed by Alex O'brien. Crime Stopper's officials have set the reward for help in this case at $500.00.

Sometime in the night of Saturday, April 10 th or early on Sunday, April 11 th someone busted out a window at Renco Tool at 21 South Industrial and stole five custom made hunting knives with ironwood handles and the name “Ren Hensley” stamped on the blades. The thieves in this case also stole an RCA 15 inch LCD flat screen TV and DVD player and a CPQ 15 inch computer monitor.