By John Estridge
A Franklin County man was arrested for a Union County burglary.
Rob English, 51, was arrested in connection with a burglary, which occurred Friday Sept. 24.
According to a Union County Sheriff’s Department press release, the department received a 911 call where the complainant said he was watching a burglary in progress at his home from his cell phone. The complainant gave a description of the vehicle, a black Jeep with a tire on the back, and the Jeep was heading eastbound on Scratch Gravel Road.
This information and a description of the person committing the burglary were also shared on social media. The UCSD put out the information to other local police agencies.
A short time later Brookville Police Department personnel stopped a black Jeep matching the description given out by the UCSD. In the vehicle, they discovered that English was operating the vehicle and also in the vehicle, the police found a safe. A safe was apparently missing from the complainant’s home.
English was arrested, transported back to Union County and charged with Burglary, a Level 5 Felony; and Theft, a class A misdemeanor.
In 1992, in Franklin Circuit Court, English was found guilty of Dealing in Cocaine, as a Class B Felony; Dealing in Marijuana, as a Class C Felony; and another count of Dealing in Marijuana, as a Class D Felony. He was granted Post-Conviction Relief in 2008.
If convicted of a Level 5 Felony, English could receive a sentence between one and six years in prison.