GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay Police say a series of burglaries involving three suspects arrested this week, were fueled by a $1,200 a day meth addiction.
Authorities arrested 19-year-olds Tyler R. Wilhelm and Dominic J. Lucht of Green Bay on Tuesday.
The third suspect, 17-year-old Jordan Murdock of Green Bay, was turned in by his father on Wednesday night.
“We think these three are high school drop outs that began hanging around together and at some point began using methamphetamine,” said Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith.
The most recent string of burglaries started on March 10th and progressed. But Lt. Rick Belanger says this recent rash of burglaries isn’t the teens first run-in with the law.
“A lot of this activity began in November of 2016 when these three were involved in a burglary over on Packerland that they’re currently charged out on.”
The three friends have been connected to at least 10 incidents and authorities say they knew many of their victims.
Police say hundreds of items were stolen including 3 vehicles, rifles, handguns, purses, tools, among others.
At this point, officials calculate around $100,000 dollar’s worth of property has been stolen with 80 percent being recovered.
Smith says the teens could be facing up to 10 years in prison for their crimes.
