ATHENS — A Madison man took a 600-mile trip from Limestone County to Illinois, but this was no vacation.
He was fleeing the law and breaking the law, according to authorities in three states.
Authorities said the suspect, Jacob W. Brodhead, 20, of 428 Barrington Hills Drive, has been on the run since the first weekend in May.
Plainfield, Ill., police Sgt. Troy Kivisto said authorities there caught him breaking into a home in the 25300 block of Wheat Drive at 2:48 a.m. Friday.
Officers responding to the burglary call apprehended him without incident, Kivisto said. Authorities there charged Brodhead with one count each of residential burglary, theft over $300 and obstructing justice by giving a false name. He is in the Will County (Ill.) Adult Detention Facility on $4,000 bail.
Before his capture, Brodhead was a suspect in home burglaries and vehicle thefts in Belle Mina, Madison and Indiana, said Madison police Lt. Jim Cooke and Limestone County Sheriff’s Department Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt.
His encounter with local law enforcement occurred the first weekend in May when he became a suspect in burglaries and a vehicle theft in Madison. Police issued a “be-on-the-lookout” for Brodhead, and a Limestone deputy saw him in Belle Mina, McNatt said.
Brodhead fled on foot, McNatt said, and tracking dogs were unable to get his scent due to heavy rains. He is a suspect in two home burglaries on Humphrey Road and two home burglaries on Fennell Road that occurred while he was on the run, McNatt said. The suspect took keys to a vehicle at one Fennell Road home but got the vehicle stuck in a ditch, McNatt said.
The suspect successfully stole a Toyota Camry at the second Fennell Road home and drove it to Indiana, McNatt said. Clarksville, Ind., authorities said Brodhead left the Camry in a residential area and stole a Dodge Durango, McNatt said.
Relatives in Chicago
McNatt said Brodhead at one time had relatives in the Chicago area, which may be why he fled to Illinois.
Cooke said Madison will place a hold on him. It could take six months due to charges in Illinois before Madison and Limestone are able to extradite. Cooke said Brodhead can waive extradition or if he doesn’t, there will be an extradition hearing.
Limestone authorities are waiting to question him before issuing arrest warrants.
Fugitive a suspect in 3 states
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