Suspected Drug Habit Fuels Burglary Spree, Arrest

Police say a suspected drug habit may have pushed a Chan Chen resident into a crime spree that’s now landed him behind bars. Twenty‑six‑year‑old Dennis Eck is facing two burglary charges and a drug possession charge, after investigators link him to a break‑in where seven hundred and fifty dollars was stolen from a Corozal home, and a far more frightening incident where a young girl came face‑to‑face with an intruder inside her bedroom. Police say Eck was later tracked down, detained, and found with a small amount of crack cocaine. Here’s more from Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“The burglary charges, which occurred in separate incidents, it is in relation to reports made by two individuals that between first February, sorry, between thirty-first January and first February, Mr. Eck is reported to have entered these separate residences through the window of the house and on one occasion he stole a container which contained seven hundred and fifty dollars. And in the other instance, he was observed in that home without a shirt. When observed, he ran off and made good his escape. Based on the investigation carried out by the police officers, Mr. Eck was identified as a person of interest and when he was sought at his residence and searched in his pocket, police found the zero-point-one-three grams of suspected crack cocaine.”

 

Police say two late‑night break‑ins, including a terrifying encounter with an intruder inside a young girl’s bedroom, have landed twenty‑six‑year‑old Dennis Eck in custody, now facing burglary and drug charges.