MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – Authorities have arrested and charged a man in connection with a series of burglaries in Manitowoc.
23-year-old Tyler W. Fessler was taken into custody around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday as he tried to run out of the back of a house in the 1200 block of S. 11th Street.
Police say Fessler was “somewhat cooperative” as they questioned him about a string of thefts from homes and vehicles.
Fessler implicated two other people as accomplices; police say they have questioned those two, but so far have not arrested anyone else.
Fessler faces a total of six charges, including felony counts of burglary to a building or dwelling. Police say they have tied him directly to one burglary on the city’s north side where a substantial amount of cash was taken.
Investigators also say he has admitted to being involved in 11 other vehicle entries, and is being investigated in connection with several other thefts from vehicles and homes.
A $5,000 cash bond was set for Fessler, who police say was out on bail on previous burglary charges.
He is due back in court Sept. 27.
