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• Two Jailed on Burglary Charges

November 1, 2005 (Cleburne, TX) – Two men were being held Monday morning on burglary of a habitation charges after they reportedly kicked in a front door of a Venus home Oct. 24 and surprised a 41-year-old woman inside. She screamed and the intruders ran from the scene, Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said.

The men, Justin Wayne Cook, 17, of Alvarado, and Billy Dean Amurgey, 20, of Euless, were arrested a short time later at a house next door, Alford said. Cook and Amurgey were being held at the Johnson County Corrections Center on $5,000 bail each.

Alford said deputies and sheriff's investigators responded to the burglary in progress call on Delta Drive near Venus along with three Venus police officers. Deputy Steve Brownlow remembered that someone with a history of burglary lived on the same street, and he drove to that house, Alford said.

“Brownlow soon learned from a witness that several men had been seen outside a house next door to the residence that had been burglarized. Another witness reported seeing two young men flee from the residence,” Alford said.

Brownlow then went to the home next door to the burglarized residence and found several young men. The homeowners arrived and told deputies that four of the young men were strangers and did not have permission to be in their home. All four were given criminal trespass warnings, the sheriff said.

Meanwhile, Detectives Cody Norman and Jay Kniffen had arrived to process the burglary scene and tied evidence from that scene to two of the men Brownlow had detained.

Lt. Mike Gilbert told Brownlow a computer check revealed that all the young men had previous charges. Rob Fraser can be reached at 817-645-2441, ext. 2336, or rfraser@trcle.com

Source: Rob Fraser/Staff Writer, Cleburne Times Review, Cleburne, TX.