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Citizen holds suspected burglar at gunpoint, aids in arrest web posted June 3, 2009  MERRIWETHER –
Citizens doing their part to
stop the rash of burglaries paid off after a Richmond County man was
taken into custody by an armed homeowner Wednesday afternoon. Jamie
Tyler, of Garrett Road, (Left) said he saw the man the Sheriff’s Office
was
hunting run from behind a shed in his yard and pulled his Glock 9 mm
pistol and ordered the man to the ground. “I had my gun on him and
yelled at him to get down, get down, or I’ll put you down.” When the
suspect turned around and saw the gun pointed at him he complied and
deputies arrived moments later to take him into custody. The manhunt began after another citizen heeded recent pleas from the Sheriff’s Office to call in suspicious vehicles and reported a red Mustang pulling in and out of driveways on Republican Road around 1:30 pm. A nearby deputy responded to the area and spotted a red Mustang parked at a home at 708 Republican Road. Deputy Jessie Robles exited his car to run the license plate and a man emerged from the back corner of the house holding a small fire safe and a jewelry box. When ordered to stop the man dropped the goods and fled into the woods. Below: Webber being searched before being placed in cruiser  Edgefield County
Sheriff Adell Dobey and every available deputy
converged on the area within minutes setting up a perimeter. “We knew
he was still in the area,” Sheriff Dobey said. Edgefield and Aiken
County Bloodhound Teams began tracking the suspect as a SLED helicopter
circled above. “I called everybody I could for help,” Sheriff Dobey
said, “We weren’t going to let him get away.”A caller reported a man fitting the description running behind Buck Tyler’s Taxidermy on the corner of Garrett Road and Martintown Road which was just a few hundred yards away from the crime scene. Deputies in the area began checking homes and informing residents of the situation. That is when Mr. Tyler said he made sure his children were safe inside of his home and went outside to keep an eye out for the suspect. That is when the man emerged and Mr. Tyler held him at gunpoint until deputies could arrive and cuff him. Below: Inv. Phil Ireland and Inv. Jimmy Smith look at the window the man used to enter the home  Mr. Tyler said the
man was cursing the bloodhounds that were on his
trail as the two awaited the deputies to arrive.Chief Investigator Randy Doran said the name of the man arrested was Robert Webber but did not have an age of the suspect. The man was given water to drink and was then transported by ambulance to the Edgefield County Hospital to be checked for possible heat exhaustion, as the 90-degree heat was sweltering. The Crime Scene Unit responded to the crime scene to process the evidence left behind. Investigators were combing over the home and yard as the red Mustang Webber was driving was impounded and towed from the scene.  Inv. Doran said
Webber had some jewelry in his pockets at the time of
arrest. “We’re not sure if it was from this house or not,” he said,
“we’ll know more after we have a chance to talk to him.” Sheriff Dobey
said the man had piled guns and other items together inside the home. Sheriff Dobey said he wanted to thank the citizens who helped apprehend the suspect as well as his deputies, investigators, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Mike Hunt, and SLED for their participation.  It is unknown how
many of the recent burglaries Webber may be connected
to in the area. “I’m sure this isn’t the only (burglary) he’s been
involved in,” Inv. Doran said, “but I doubt he’s the only one doing
them.”Left: The staging area for the manhunt © Copyright 2009
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