The discovery of an intruder in a neighbor’s house led to a 49-year-old Ocean View man’s arrest for the break-in and for commercial promotion of marijuana, police said Monday. ADVERTISING The discovery of an intruder in a neighbor’s house led
The discovery of an intruder in a neighbor’s house led to a 49-year-old Ocean View man’s arrest for the break-in and for commercial promotion of marijuana, police said Monday.
Officers responded to a 2:51 p.m. report Saturday at a home on Lehua Lane near Coral Parkway. A 42-year-old woman reported that when she arrived home she found a man in her house whom she recognized as someone who lived in the area. The intruder reportedly fled over a fence, causing damage to the fence.
Police found items belonging to the victim piled inside the house next to the front door. They determined the intruder had taken a shower in the victim’s house and consumed alcohol belonging to the victim. They also determined the intruder entered the victim’s car parked in the garage and stolen the car keys.
At 4:40 p.m., officers went to the property of the suspect, located the suspect, 49-year-old Jeb Stewart Thurlby, and arrested him at his nearby property.
While making the arrest, officers saw marijuana plants growing on the property, police said. Vice officers served a search warrant on Thurlby’s property Sunday and reportedly seized 112 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to 4-feet tall.
Thurlby was charged later in the day with commercial promotion of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail was set at $20,000. He was detained at the cellblock until his initial court appearance on the drug charges Monday.
Also on Monday, Thurlby was charged with burglary, unauthorized entry to a motor vehicle and property damage. His bail on those offenses was set at $7,250.
After his court hearing on the drug charges, he was returned to the cellblock until his initial court appearance today for the burglary related offenses.
