Among those indicted recently by the Cole County Grand Jury were four men from Texas who were charged for their alleged roles in a burglary that occurred in August at Best Buy on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City.
Authorities listed the following individuals as being charged: Michael Coleman, 28; Keeland Johnson, 24; Micah Lazaro, 28; and Jeremy Phillips, 28.
Each is charged with resisting arrest, stealing, possession of burglar's tools and second-degree burglary.
Lazaro was taken into custody after a pursuit with authorities while the other three were taken into custody at a Columbia hotel.
According to police reports, shortly after the burglary was reported, officers noticed a van in the area and attempted to stop it, but it sped away.
Near the 800 block of West Stadium Boulevard at Target, the occupants of the van fled on foot in multiple directions. The van continued downhill before coming to rest in the treeline behind the store.
Lazaro was taken into custody, while the others got away.
The four charged are all from Houston, according to Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statements.
Best Buy video surveillance reportedly shows Lazaro, Johnson, Phillips and Coleman were in the store the day before the burglary.
Walmart receipts show two pairs of gloves were purchased on the morning of the burglary, with one of these packages found in the hotel room in Columbia and another found in the suspects' vehicle at the hotel. A pair of the gloves was located in woods behind Target and other businesses that were searched by authorities after the burglary.
Authorities also recovered dark pants and shirts in the hotel room that reportedly match what the suspects were seen wearing in the Best Buy video.
Authorities later learned Phillips had rented another hotel room and had a separate vehicle on his hotel registration. That vehicle was located, and burglary tools and numerous items taken from Best Buy were found inside it.
Best Buy officials estimated the value of the merchandise stolen was $60,000.