Bloomington police report catching man leaving home with stolen items

Posted on August 10, 2018
Jeremy Baldridge faces preliminary charges of criminal trespass to a residence, residential burglary and criminal damage to property. (Bloomington Police Departmernt)

 

By Greg Halbleib and Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington police say they caught a man red-handed carrying stolen items out of a home.

Police report they were called to the 700 block of Fremont Street on Thursday afternoon to investigate a suspicious person. Officers reported hearing sounds of a hammer inside a home and surrounded the residence, and arrested Jeremy Baldridge, 34, of Bloomington when he exited with a bag of stolen items.

Officers say they found a damaged safe inside the home.

Court records indicate Baldridge’s criminal record includes a 2011 conviction in a residential burglary case. He served part of a 10 year prison sentence for that crime.

He’s being held on $5,035 cash bond.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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