01/24/2020 – On Friday, January 24th, 2020 at 3:15 AM, an Owasso Police K9 Officer, while on patrol, observed a suspicious vehicle slowly driving around parked cars in a parking lot at a closed business in the 9500 block of N Garnett Rd. The officer began following the suspicious vehicle and when the vehicle drove to the back of another closed business in the 9200 block on N Garnett Road, out of sight and stopped, the officer conducted a traffic stop on the occupants of the vehicle. While speaking with the driver of the vehicle a call of an auto-burglary from a vehicle that was parked at a business came into the Owasso Police Dispatch Center. A description of the property taken in that burglary was broadcast over the police radio band. The K9 Officer immediately recognized the broadcasted property in the backseat of the vehicle he had stopped. The driver and passenger inside the suspect vehicle were detained and questioned. Additional officers canvassed the city within a few miles of the stop and observed several vehicles that were parked at businesses had been broken into and burglarized. Officers found windows had been broken out on vehicles at;
- Walgreens at 96th Street Noth and 129 E Ave
- Cracker Barrel at 9400 N Owasso Expressway
- Akira at 9400 N Owasso Expressway
- Christian Brothers Automotive at 9500 N Garnett Rd
Officers also found a toolbox on a truck had been pried open at Christian Brother Automotive at 9500 N Garnett Rd as well as a large padlock cut open on a truck trailer at Sam’s Club, 12900 E 96 St N.
Most of the stolen property was returned to the owners however the police department is still in possession of some stolen property awaiting owners to be identified.
Investigating Officers found the suspects were in possession of a window punch as well as bolt cutters.
It was also determined that the suspects were in possession of drug paraphernalia and one suspect admitted to using Methamphetamine prior to the burglaries. The driver was found in possession of narcotics on his person during a search prior to incarceration, once already at the jail. The driver was also found to have an outstanding Rogers County Felony Arrest Warrant for Grand Larceny.
Both suspects were arrested and were later transported to the Tulsa County Jail.
Driver:
34yo James Leslie Richardson of Tulsa, OK
5 Counts of Burglary From Auto
Conspiracy to Commit a Felony
2nd Burglary
Possession of Implements of Burglary (Tools)
Possession of Drugs in a Jail
Passenger:
32yo Lisa Marie Richardson of Tulsa, OK
5 Counts of Burglary From Auto
Conspiracy to Commit a Felony
2nd Degree Burglary
Possession of Implements of Burglary (Tools)
Knowing Concealing Stolen Property
