Thompsonville man arrested for recent burglaries

James Muck- Franklin County Sheriff’s office image

There has been a rash of burglaries in or around Thompsonville over the last week.

Around 2:23 a.m. Friday, a sheriff’s deputy was called to the area to investigate a complaint about a suspicious person on foot.

Around 4:30 a.m., the investigator saw a man on a blue and silver mountain bike and attempted to stop him, but he rode the bike off into a wooden area, the release said.

Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 23 year old James Muck, who stole the bicycle, as well as recovered several stolen items.

Muck, who is on probation for burglary, was taken to the Franklin County Jail.- sd

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