Attempted to burglary Police said he was frustrated at a Texas auto dealership after a man named 911 reported that he was injured during the break-in.
Taylor Police Department Jeremiah Megallon arrested Jeremiah Megallon after receiving his call, saying he was injured while trying to break into the Patterson Dodge dealer.
Police said the call started at about 3:45 a.m. Thursday at Megalon, who claimed he had just broken into a dealer and needed help.
“He said he had broken into the Patterson Dodge dealership and tried to steal a car but couldn’t leave the building,” public information official Andy Erbaugh told Fox News Digital. “He got out of the window that broke the window at the dealership and climbed through it.”
Police said Jeremiah Megallon called 911 early Thursday morning after allegedly attempting to steal Tyler for Tyler, Texas, auto dealerships, and was unable to leave after being injured. (Smith County Jail)
Erbaugh said Megallon said he was trying to steal a car by throwing a rock into the building by throwing it into the building and cutting himself off.
“Unfortunately for him, he could use it to go out for a few lock-opening doors,” Elber added. “After 26 years here, truth is stranger than novels.”
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Police said a man trying to break into a Texas auto dealership called police when he was injured. (KLTV)
Dealer’s official Tell KLTV The only damage to the business is that Megalon broke when he threw the rock in.
A staff member told the media that the only thing he could steal was candy from the salesperson’s desk.
Megalon was taken to the hospital and later transported to Smith County Jail, Elber said he was arrested for burglary of the building.
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A suspected theft called 911 when it allegedly attempted to steal care from a dealer in Taylor, Texas. (KLTV)
Erbaugh said this wasn’t the first time he had dealt with a suspect in his career and turned himself into a policeman.
“I was a crime against a human detective a few years ago, and one case we took was a 75-year-old retired dentist who called and told us that he shot his wife.”
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Erbaugh talks about Dr. Bobby Nichols, who came home in 2012 drinking nights and admitted to shooting his wife, Rosalind Nichols.
“He said, ‘I’m a retired dentist and she won’t stop na [me],” Elbo recalled, “He said, ‘I went out to have beer at Willowbrook Country Club, which is one of our local country clubs and she doesn’t like that.”
Erbaugh recalled Nichols saying, “’I got another one when I got home and she wouldn’t stop, so I took a pistol and I shot her.”
Elber said Nichols was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his wife’s murder.
Stepheny Price is a writer at Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, state crime cases, illegal immigration and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
