Injured Burglar Arrested
Posted/updated on: May 31, 2011 at 2:13 am
TYLER — Tyler Police on routine patrol heard a burglar alarm around 7:00 Sunday night in the area of North Broadway and Queen Street. As they checked the area they found what appeared to be an intoxicated man in the 100 block of East Queen. He was bleeding extensively from two cuts to his upper arms. He was taken to East Texas Medical Center for treatment.
Officers found that the burglar alarm was coming from New Days Community Church located at 901 North Broadway Avenue. It was apparent from the crime scene that the injured male found on Queen Street had climbed over a fence, above an unlocked gate, and injured himself on concertina razor wire that ran along its top. He then used a cinder block to shatter a door window, thus gaining entrance. Nothing appeared to have been taken from the building.
After his release from the hospital police booked Juan Escobedo-Gutierrez, 28, of Tyler, in the Smith County Jail. He has been charged with burglary of a building.
