Published: November 23, 2009 04:14 pm      

Multiple agencies team up for arrests

Law enforcement officers from Plainfield, Mooresville, Morgan County, and Hendricks County worked together to make arrests in a string of thefts from vehicles and fraud cases.

The agencies came together and were able to arrest Adam Beady, 23, and Daniel Bruce, 25. Both are facing multiple charges.

The investigation started in early October when the Plainfield Police Department began taking reports of thefts from vehicles at the same time Mooresville officers were looking into similar incidents in their area. Law enforcement then determined they were looking for the same suspect.

Plainfield Det. Brian Bugler and Mooresville Det. Brad Yarnell have a good working relationship.

“We work with Brad often,” Bugler said. “We contact him with cases down in his area and he’ll call us with cases up here.”

Bugler said several area law enforcement officers meet monthly to compare notes and see if they are working on related cases.

“I had printed off some surveillance pictures from a gas station outside of Hendricks County,” Bugler said. “It was actually in Marion County. We realized then we were looking for the same suspect.”

On Oct. 29, Yarnell and Bugler responded to the Plainfield area in an attempt to locate the suspect’s vehicle, which was described as a small black passenger car.

“There had been a rash of thefts the night before,” Bugler said.

Yarnell found the vehicle in the Gladden Farms Apartment complex and then the detectives began surveillance. Daniel Bruce was arrested after he attempted to drive the vehicle in question. The vehicle had also been stolen.

Bruce was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Through further investigation, detectives found out Bruce was working with Beaty. He was later charged on multiple counts of theft and forgery in both Hendricks and Morgan counties.

“For some kind of cases two brains are better than one,” Bugler said. “It does benefit us from working together.”

The Plainfield Police Department was able to close eight open cases and return several pieces of property to the owners.

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