Police in the Collin County town of Prosper have arrested three people accused of breaking into several cars over the past few months, and say the trio may also be responsible for a string of break-ins in McKinney, Frisco and Waxahachie.
Prosper police say just since April the three suspect broke into at least 8 cars in the Villages of Legacy and Whitley Place neighborhoods.
Detectives were were able to identify them and a car used in those other cities, and spotted the car in Prosper early Tuesday morning.
Police say they pulled the vehicle over and arrested all three people inside. Police also found five guns, including one that had been stolen, along with credit cards from some recent burglaries in Celina.
The DEA and ATF will now look into some of the crimes as well.
“I want to commend the tireless efforts of our patrol division, CID and CAU that led to these subjects being removed from the streets of North Texas,” said Prosper Police Chief Doug Kowalski. “The illegal behavior of these suspects has negatively impacted residents in normally quiet neighborhoods in Prosper, as well as other cities in this region. Good policing and superb technology landed these subjects in the hands of law enforcement agencies that will work to have them prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The names of the three suspects have not been released yet as the investigation continues.
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