FRIENDSWOOD, Texas — Police didn’t have to go far to serve a felony theft warrant after the suspect called to ask when he could pickup the electronic equipment authorities claim was stolen.
Jonathan Robert McMinn, 25, of Bayview, was charged with theft and jailed on a $5,000 bond, Friendswood police said in a statement released Thursday.
Friendswood police stopped McMinn on Sept. 7 on a traffic violation and seized an iPod, camera and Wii game components found in the car, Karen Peterson, a police spokeswoman, said.
Police arrested McMinn on a charge of driving with an invalid license and stored the electronics at the police department.
“A routine review of the property led police to believe that the property did not belong to McMinn,” Peterson said. “The subsequent investigation led to the location of property owners in Sugar Land, College Station and League City.”
The owners suspected their property had been stolen or was lost, Peterson said.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for McMinn on Dec. 13, Peterson said.
Police arrested McMinn on Wednesday when he came to the Friendswood Police Department to retrieve his property, Peterson said.
“He called, asking to pickup the property,” Peterson said. “We knew we had the warrant, so we told him ‘yes.’”
McMinn remained jailed Thursday in Friendswood, awaiting transfer to the Galveston County Jail.
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