A suspect connected to burglaries and thefts across the state including crimes in Elmore County was arrested by the Wetumpka Police Department last week.
Domonique Childrey, 24, of Montgomery, was booked into the Elmore County Jail last Tuesday and charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of third-degree criminal mischief and one count of fourth-degree theft. It was just one day after two nail salons on U.S. Highway 231 and Village Loop in Wetumpka reported break-ins. At one business, cash was taken.
Childrey was developed as a suspect using footage from multiple surveillance cameras in multiple locations.
“In talking to other agencies, we assume this suspect has committed these same types of business burglaries in Montgomery,” Wetumpka assistant police chief Nick Betts said. “Then he came north to Wetumpka and then north to Pelham and Cullman.”
Law enforcement in Pelham assisted Wetumpka in the investigation.
“My understanding is Pelham is signing warrants,” Betts said. “If he bonds out here, he would go to Pelham.”
As of Monday morning, Childrey was in the Elmore County Jail with a $54,000 bond available to him. Court records do not indicate if Childrey has been served warrants related to similar burglaries in Montgomery, Pelham and Cullman.
