Suspect was involved in thefts from Park View vehicles, deputies allege

A 27-year-old Davenport man faces charges after police allege he was involved with other defendants in multiple thefts from vehicles, according to court records.

Steven Culberson Jr. faces felony charges of second-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit a non-forcible felony, aggravated misdemeanor charges of third-degree burglary – motor vehicle and possession of burglary tools, and a serious misdemeanor charge of attempted burglary – third degree – vehicle/vessel, court records say.

Deputies allege in affidavits that, about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, Scott County Deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Cherokee Drive in Park View for a report of a suspicious vehicle that was heard pulling into the neighborhood. Three people were seen getting out of the vehicle and walking in the neighborhood, attempting to enter several unoccupied parked vehicles in the neighborhood.

The suspicious vehicle was later located and stopped and the defendants were inside, affidavits say. The defendants were found to have gloves and flashlights in their possession with large amounts of loose change. Also located in the vehicle were two two-way walkie-talkie radios that were reported stolen from a vehicle burglary reported on July 16, 2014.

A canvass of the area was performed and 15 unoccupied vehicles were identified as being entered. Items including back packs, computers, tools, and change were taken from them. The items such as the back packs, computers and tools were located in neighbors’ back yards, according to affidavits.

Affidavits show that one of the vehicles that was entered was parked inside an attached garage on Black Hawk Drive while the residents were inside the house asleep.

Culberson, who was arrested on a warrant, was released on his own recognizance and is set for a preliminary hearing May 17 in Scott County Court.

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