Two Columbia men have been arrested in connection to burglary investigations in Adair County.
According to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, 38-year-old Benjamin L. Harmon was taken into custody Monday night following a burglary investigation in the 2500 block of Sano Road. The sheriff’s office said security footage allegedly showed Harmon making at least three trips to the property and removing items.
Harmon had also been identified last week as a suspect in a pair of break-ins on Dillon Street, about a mile from Adair County High School.
Deputies located Harmon Monday night and conducted a traffic stop. He was arrested and charged with multiple counts of burglary and trespassing, theft by unlawful taking, resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of methamphetamine.
In a related investigation, 44-year-old William Shawn White was arrested on Monday after deputies say he allegedly sold a stolen digital camera taken during the Dillon Street break-ins.
White was charged with receiving stolen property.
Both men were lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail and both investigations remain ongoing.
