Accused thief linked to forgery case
Published 2:54 pm Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A Danville man caught breaking into vehicle at Decatur’s Walmart is facing additional charges related to a forgery case in March.
On Monday, Decatur Police received a report of a suspicious person in the parking lot of Walmart looking into vehicles.
Officer Timothy Jackson spoke with Walmart employees and was given a description of the suspect. Jackson later located the subject later identified as John Phillip Hale, 20, of 934 Neel School Road in Danville, who was still in the parking lot.
- John Phillip Hale
Hale was arrested and charged with unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle. The property stolen from the vehicle was recovered.
Hale was also linked to stolen and forged checks case that was reported March 13. As a result of that investigation, Hale was charged with two counts of second-degree forgery. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $7,500 bond.
