1 adult, 2 juveniles arrested in connection to 5 springtime robberies

After a mother discovered her 15-year-old son had been involved in several burglaries earlier this spring, a call to police resulted in his arrest as well as the arrest of a 14-year-old juvenile and an adult.

Bloomington Police Department Officer Jeff Rodgers was sent to a residence May 23 to speak with the mother of the 15-year-old after his grandmother had told his mother he had committed a burglary, said BPD Lt. David Drake, reading from a police report.

The boy told police he and other juveniles and an adult, Anthony M. Glomm, 19, had burglarized the Ace Pawn Shop on Oakdale Drive the previous night and earlier in the week.

He said they had used Glomm’s vehicle to take four of them there just after 1 a.m. that day. They used a metal crowbar to pry open the back door, and when the alarm sounded they ran straight inside and took several firearms, then fled the scene.

The 15-year-old hid the guns in his basement until his grandmother found them. He called Glomm to take the guns to a different location, and when he picked them up, he took them to a man at the 3100 block of South Walnut Street Pike. Police obtained a search warrant for this residence and did not find any of the guns, but they did find the holster for a Colt .45 that had been stolen from a residence on West Seventh Street.

The man at this residence faces charges of possession of stolen property but is still at large.

Police also obtained a warrant for Glomm’s residence, where they found a crowbar and a metal camouflage hunting knife in his car that had been reported stolen from Ace Pawn Shop, and a laptop that had been stolen from another residence in his house.

Glomm and the 15-year-old admitted to being involved in breaking into the Church of Jesus Christ at Miller and Olive streets to steal a commemorative sword and into an apartment at the 400 block of Melrose Avenue on March 18 to steal a laptop, a commemorative Larry Bird bobblehead and other items. They also admitted to being involved in the robbery of Ace Pawn Shop on April 5 and the robbery of a home at the 1500 block of West Seventh Street on May 3.

Both the 15- and 14-year-old were transported to the Knox County Juvenile Detention Facility and face various burglary charges.

Glomm faces three preliminary charges of burglary for the incidents at the church, Ace Pawn Shop and the residence at West Seventh Street.