Police arrested three suspected burglars Wednesday after surveillance video captured them breaking into a downtown liquor store, according to police.
Police said in a release they received a report of a burglary alarm at Kenny’s Liquor Market on West Willoughby Avenue at about 3:52 a.m. Wednesday.
Responding officers found broken glass around the front door, but no one was inside the store, according to the release.
A store employee arrived at Kenny’s to show officers surveillance footage, the release states.
Lt. David Campbell, a Juneau Police Department spokesman, said the footage showed four people approaching the store’s front door, and one person breaking the glass with a large rock.
“After the rock was thrown through the window, two subjects were seen crawling through the window entering the store,” Campbell said in an interview.
Campbell said they took four bottles of alcohol — three bottles of vodka and one bottle of Jeremiah Weed, which is a brand of liquor.
A few minutes later at about 4 a.m., a tip from a caller came in and led officers to a group of people drinking alcohol at Cope Park.
Officers identified the four that were seen in the video footage and arrested three of them in connection to the burglary, police said.
Campbell said Clifford Brown, 22, was arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, for throwing the rock through the window.
The two subjects seen crawling through the window, 25-year-old Derek Totemoff and 18-year-old Vivian Wright, were both arrested on suspicion of second-degree burglary, a felony, and fourth-degree theft, a misdemeanor.
All three were jailed, police said.
Campbell said the fourth person, a 19-year-old woman whose name was not released, was not arrested or charged with a crime since she stayed outside the building.
Campbell said police are still investigating the crime.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (16)
Add commentThe usual suspects.
The usual suspects.
Im so tired of this kind of
Im so tired of this kind of dirt bags. Break a door window which could easily cost the store owner $500-1000 so that they can steal $100 worth of booze. Complete disregard for anyone but themselves. Next step up is stealing a van and driving it into the brewery...
I love looking these people
I love looking these people up on Facebook. Poor Ms. Vivian says she can't seem to find a good man. Perhaps she thought he was hiding out in the liquor store at 4:00am.
Betcha
The Tip came from someone THEY wouldn't share with...
Not smart
Best part is, they aren't smart. They don't change clothes and then go sit in a park, of all places, to drink and I'm sure make noise. As stated earlier, now the store owner has a large repair bill on his hands. Maybe they can garnish their PFDs (if they haven't been already).
PFD's absolutely
should be garnished for this and any other kind of vandalism or destruction by young people or petty thieves. There ought to be some kind of 'fast track' mechanism for this with the PFD office.
It's not owed to them or earned. If they want it, they can be deserving citizens.
http://www.facebook.com/cliff
http://www.facebook.com/clifford.brown.509?sk=wall
He was planning it all day! Good Job winner! OH! Juneau is really not a hard place to find a job! Just another drunk that we have to pay!! Clifford you are a moron!
Destroy This Kid
This kid (Clifford) Is a real piece of work. I'm surprised it took his dumbness this long to get popped for something. This guy is a real menace to society! He got away with Raping a young girl with his good pal Keith Hanson. This kid needs some real hard time to think about what a piece of crap he is. Good Riddance!
Look-Out
So the 19yo Look-Out doesn't get charged?
Any1 need a driver for a bank heist?
Blame it on the alca-alca alcohol!!
What these young adults need is some treatment for alcoholism and they need to get job before their lives get any worse. What's worse is that one of them is probably a parent and they should learn how to stay home with their child(ren) too! They have no respect for the community and probably themselves. Jail time will only make them cocky because they will get out and think that jail is a piece of cake, and then they will probably become repeat offenders (if they aren't already.)
Ha, Hey
Im actually surprised it didn't happen like this sooner...Crime of opportunity having a liquor store door made entirely of glass... They'll get community service and a slap on the hand all except the rock thrower...
ROFL!!!
@ akbrdguru
Awesome! I had to take a look at her FB myself!
Quotes:
Why cant i jst find tha rite person 4 me? People say i deserve a gud guy but not 1 has stood up N i want sum1 i cud love too ya kno?
Wats Up?! gots nada ta do like really N it sux Man Lol a homie shld wanna hang cuz im gettin bored. Lol
Well, she found something to do. How did the conversation go anyway? Something like this maybe? The following isn't a quote, it's just what went through my head...
Hey guys, I'm bored. What? You're knocking over a liquor store? Can I come!!! That sounds soooo exciting!
I hope Pete presses charges
I hope Pete presses charges and these guys get the maximum. Pete is a good guy and has worked hard for his business. He does not deserve to have to put up with this crap.
LOL, Are We Shocked?
From Vivian Wright's Facebook page:
May 14 near Juneau
Why cant i jst find tha rite person 4 me? People say i deserve a gud guy but not 1 has stood up N i want sum1 i cud love too ya kno?
♥ Viv
Don't worry, sweetie. You are on the right path hanging out with these two.
Looking at Clifford's Photos
I am guessing he mistook the liquor store for a donut shop?
guilty by association
@kpawsuh LOL - I bet there is some relation to them and the guy who drove into the brewery.
I wonder why they didn't arrest the fourth person. It seems like under most circumstances they would have because she's definitely guilty by association!