APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A 55-year-old Appleton man has been arrested in connection with multiple Fox Valley crimes.
Police say Gary Perry was taken into custody without incident Thursday in the parking lot of an Appleton business on East Newberry Street.
Appleton Police Sergeant Dave Lund says his agency worked in conjunction with the Fox Valley Metro Police Department to apprehend Perry, who is believed to have committed crimes in both jurisdictions.
Investigators believe Perry is responsible for a March 5 burglary at an Appleton bar on the 2700 block of East Newberry Street. Several gaming machines inside the bar were destroyed.
Perry is also suspected in an April 9 convenience store armed robbery on the 700 block of Kimberly’s West Kimberly Avenue. The robber was armed with a hammer and knife.
An employee was treated at the hospital for minor injuries after being struck with the hammer.
According to Lund, video and photographic evidence showed a hammer was used in both crimes and that the person responsible in both cases had a similar build.
Lund says Perry is being held at the Outagamie County Jail with charges of Burglary and Armed Robbery having been requested to the district attorney’s office.
Additional charges are possible.
