An investigation into a reported burglary in Stuart last week resulted in the arrest of a Madison County man. The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year old Warren Logan Davis, of Earlham, was taken into custody at around 10:10-p.m. June 27th. He was charged with Burglary in the 3rd degree and Possession of burglary tools, with a cash or surety bond set at $7,000 . His arrest followed a call from a man, who said he arrived at a house he owns in rural Stuart to find three men outside the residence, and a grandfather clock that belongs to him laying outside the home. The owner was able to get a license plate number off a pickup that he saw take off from his property, with three males inside.

Authorities determined the plates were registered to a green, 1996 Ford pickup truck. The victim said he saw the same vehicle drive by his house a few days before the incident. Before the men took off that same day, they asked the victim if the house could be restored. He told the men his house was not for rent, and asked them to return his property before they left. An Iowa State Patrol Trooper located the suspect vehicle and was able to get it stopped east of Greenfield, at Highway 92 and Trenton Avenue. The driver, who was identified as Warren Davis, said he had been fishing around the same area of the incident, and claimed he was alone. He was said the land owner where he had been fishing ran him off because he did not have permission to be there.

In the back of the pickup, the Trooper observed a sawzall, drill and grinder with a cutoff wheel, along with pry bars and various other tools commonly used during a burglary. The crime victim indicated to authorities that there were pry marks on one of his sheds. Based on the suspect and vehicle description given by the victim, and there was property laying outside the house next to Davis’ vehicle, Davis was taken into custody.