SEYMOUR – Four people have been arrested after Seymour Police linked them to a string of business burglaries that date back to July.
According to police, the investigation began on July 11, 2022, when more than $70,000 of semi-tires were stolen from Best One Kentuckiana on Commerce Drive in Seymour. The men are accused of stealing a rental box truck from Austin, Indiana, and used to haul the stolen tires.
In August 2022, more than $10,000 in mounted semi-tires were stolen from Pomp’s Tire on Commerce Drive. Again a rental truck was stolen from Kirk’s National Lease on Commerce Drive and was used to transport the stolen tires.
Investigators identified the four suspects from Maywood, Illinois, as 54-year-old Christopher Edmond Sr., 56-year-old Willie C. Murphy, 69-year-old Nathaniel Murphy, and 72-year-old Randell Murphy. Evidence also indicated that Nathaniel Murphy and Willie Murphy were involved in the August incidents.
Arrest warrants were issued and the four were arrested by the Maywood Police Department officers, which helped identify the suspects. Edmond Sr. has been extradited back to Indiana and the Murphys are in custody and awaiting extradition.
The four face charges of burglary, theft, and criminal mischief.
Seymour Police say the investigation is still active and they are working with other police departments in West Chicago and Minooka, Illinois as well as Plymouth, Indiana. Authorities believe the four may be suspects in cases being investigated in those cities as well.
