(Mount Ayr, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County report a man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, for Felony Burglary, and Possession of Burglary Tools. Authorities say Ringgold County Dispatch was notified by a resident that his surveillance cameras caught someone allegedly trying to break into his home. A deputy responded to search the property and outbuildings. After finding a footprint in the snow, the suspect, later identified as 27-year-old Wyatt Robert James Schamp, of Ellston, was tracked through the surrounding fields until the footprint was lost on the road.

A short time later, an anonymous caller reported that an individual was walking south down Highway 169, by the school. The description given of the individual matched that of a picture posted on social media. Contact was made with Schamp, and when questioned, he admitted to being at the residence of the reporter caller. Schamp was then taken into custody on the aforementioned charges.

He was transported to the Ringgold County Jail and held on a $7,000 cash-only bond.