Vernon County Sheriff’s Office: Burglar caught red handed

A Vernon County resident is in jail after being arrested for burglary at a county address just West of Nevada Monday morning. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a 911 call of a burglary in progress early Monday morning. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the call and arrested a male subject they found still in the home during a security sweep of the residence. 

According to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher, Investigators believe there may have been a second person involved in the burglary. “We are still investigating the possibility that there was someone else involved in this crime, but we did find one person still in the residence when we got there.” 

The Sheriff also said methamphetamines were found on the subject when he was arrested. The name of the subject arrested has not been released pending the filing of formal charges.