by Logan Gruber
operations@thenewsleaders.com
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several fish-house burglaries on Little Rock Lake.
At about 2:45 p.m. Feb. 1 the Benton County Sheriff’s Office received the report of an attempted burglary of a fish house on Little Rock Lake. The responding deputy found someone had attempted to pry open the complainant’s fish-house door. The deputy also found five other fish houses in the same area had been damaged or opened by the suspects.
It’s believed the burglaries occurred sometime overnight from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.
Deputies continue to investigate these crimes and at this time no property has been reported stolen. The Sheriff’s office strongly encourages people to bring all items of value with them when they leave their fish houses to keep from falling victim to these criminals.
Anyone with information about this crime or the suspects is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office at 320-968-7201 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 800-255-1301, www.tricountycrimestoppers.org, or by texting TRITIP to 274637.