CASPER, Wyo. — Last week, Casper police arrested a suspect they consider to be answerable for 4 burglaries and the theft of 1000’s of {dollars} in money and valuables final December.
On Jan. 23, the feminine suspect was positioned within the yard of a west Casper residence, hiding by a shed.
She surrendered when referred to as out and got here throughout the yard, adopted by “the same tiny kitty cat” seen following the housebreaking suspect in safety digicam footage, in line with Detective Andrea Husted’s report.
The suspect is 31-year-old Shantel Webb. She is presumed harmless till confirmed or pleading responsible.
The first housebreaking was reported at Natrona County High School on Dec. 2, 2023. A scholar performing in an orchestra live performance reported that her backpack had been taken from the hallway, depriving her of her license, telephone, automotive keys and $1,000 value of harp strings. At least one different live performance attendee reported a lacking bag.
A safety footage assessment confirmed a skinny white lady with curly purple hair coming into by means of a propped backstage door and leaving about an hour and a half later with a number of luggage and clothes instances she hadn’t are available in with. Footage from the hallways confirmed her grabbing garments out of the misplaced and located and trying to tamper with the merchandising machines, the report said.
On Dec. 18, police have been referred to as to a pair of reported burglaries at Shepard of the Valley nursing home and Paradise Valley Country Club. In each instances, the premises had been unsecured, the report famous. Missing from the Country Club was over $2,200 in money, together with $650 from the soccer pool.
Nothing was initially reported lacking from the nursing home, although investigators did discover a backpack with playing cards belonging to Webb and others. Outside the nation membership, officers positioned buckets filled with liquor bottles and Christmas presents that appeared to have been put there by the suspect.
On Dec. 20, an worker of Greiner Ford observed objects lacking from his workplace, together with three instances of Mountain Dew and a radio. Six units of automotive keys have been additionally lacking. In safety footage, a feminine suspect is seen taking a backpack out the trunk of a automotive within the storage and filling the bag with objects.
Some objects, together with a jumper pack and one other case of Mountain Dew, appeared to have been stashed by the door and left for unknown causes. Detective Husted famous it was potential the suspect had locked themselves out. The worker mentioned he’d personally locked all the pieces up the night time earlier than and was not sure how the suspect could have gotten in.
Police additionally bought footage from a building close to the dealership after a girl observed a number of exercise and somebody showing to stash objects on the property. The lady discovered a suitcase on the stash level full of things from the dealership’s detailing store.
The suitcase contained a battery charger, scrubbing pads, microfiber towels, a socket set, a drill with equipment, a container of “dreamy vanilla air fresheners” and different objects, in line with the report.
Footage from the predawn hours of Dec. 20 confirmed the dealership housebreaking suspect going backwards and forwards alongside a retaining wall and carrying containers and luggage to the presumed stash level close by on Arrowhead Drive.
In a few of these movies, “the female has a tiny kitty cat following her,” Detective Husted famous.
Webb was recognized as a suspect, and sources positively recognized her to police from safety stills.
Police executed a warrant on the home the place she’d lately been staying. In the closet, police discovered a smaller suitcase matching the one from the stash level. They additionally discovered a backpack with all of the stolen automotive keys inside, in addition to the homework of the person whose automotive was within the store in a single day throughout the housebreaking.
Webb faces three expenses of housebreaking and a depend of petty theft in Natrona County District Court. The state says she was convicted on related expenses in 2019.
Bond was set at $15,000 money or surety.
