PRINCETON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Early Wednesday morning, members of the Princeton Police Department responded to a residence on Meador Street in Princeton about a homeowner holding someone at gunpoint that was stealing items from his vehicle.
Upon arrival, officers contacted the homeowner and suspect, Zachary Harmon. Mr. Harmon was immediately arrested without incident. Mr. Harmon had several items from the homeowner’s vehicles in his backpack, which were documented and returned. Also inside Mr. Harmon’s backpack were several items belonging to other residents throughout the immediate area.
Officers could locate most of the victim’s items that night and returned their property, including the backpack Mr. Harmon had used to store the other stolen property, which he had stolen out of another vehicle much earlier in the night.
Mr. Harmon was charged with several offenses related to these incidents, including petit larceny and entering without breaking.