Burglary suspect pleads not guilty to 21 criminal counts
Published 6:16 am Friday, October 30, 2009
An Austin man allegedly responsible for a string of recent local burglaries pleaded not guilty to 21 criminal counts — including 17 felonies — Thursday.
Arsenio Broderick Hanson, 20, who was arrested during an attempted break-in on Sept. 30, is scheduled for a pre-trail hearing on all counts Jan. 22.
Hanson pleaded not guilty to two additional felony burglary charges earlier this month that stem from his arrest.
According to court documents, Hanson is allegedly responsible for seven separate burglaries since mid-September.
A 15-year-old male accomplice arrested with Hanson Sept. 30 may have helped in all the cases, but charges against the juvenile aren’t open to the public because he’s under 16.
The crime spree began as early as Sept. 19, when Hanson allegedly stole a number of tools from a garage on the 500 block of 11th Street Southwest.
The male homeowner, 44, reported the incident to police on Oct. 2.
Another home on the 600 block of Eighth Avenue Southwest was broken into Sept. 23 and again on Sept. 26, according to a complaint.
Hanson allegedly broke in by cutting through a kitchen window both times. He then stole a TV, a Web cam, a number of DVDs, cash and a few bottles of liquor in the course of the two burglaries. In all, roughly $5,500 of property was taken from the residence, the complaint states.
Between Sept. 25 and 27, Hanson allegedly struck again, stealing five 12-gague shotguns, other weapons and jewelry from a home on the 600 block of 11th Avenue Southwest.
The 62-year-old male homeowner said the burglar entered through a cut screen window while he was out of town for a few days.
On Sept. 26, the burglaries continued, with a man reporting that two bikes had been stolen out of his garage on the 700 block of Fifth Avenue Northwest.
When Hanson and the young male were arrested a few days later in the 700 block of Eighth Avenue Southwest, those bikes were found outside.
Hanson is also being charged with stealing items off a porch on the 400 block of 11th Street Northwest and from two garages near the house where he was arrested.
According to court documents, a number of stolen items were recovered at the home of Hanson’s girlfriend after she consented to a search.
This included jewelry, ammunition, two guns, 63 DVDs and a police scanner.
The woman said Hanson and the 15-year-old were “getting money” by selling guns. She said Hanson gave her the jewelry and the boy gave her the guns to store, according to a complaint.
The woman also said Hanson used the police scanner while he was “out,” a complaint states.
Several other items reported stolen were recovered at the home of Hanson’s aunt. According to a complaint, Hanson admitted that he had been living with her.