Suspicious person complaints end with burglary arrest in Benton

Calls about a suspicious person ended with a burglary charge for a Benton man.

The Benton Police Department said they received calls Tuesday afternoon about a suspicious male walking through yards on East 20th Street.

The callers sent in pictures of the man, but officers were unable to locate him.

Police said about an hour later they received another call of a suspicious male hitting mailboxes near East 21st and Main Street. One of the callers stated the man entered a vacant home in the 2100 block of Main Street. Officers contacted the home owner, who said nobody had permission to be there. 

As officers were about to enter the home the man walked out. The man, 60-year-old Bobby Thompson of Benton, was charged with burglary.