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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Junayd Howard
A suspect in three burglaries of jewelry display cases in Clovis has been arrested in Amarillo after he apparently took jewelry from a jewelry display case under similar circumstances in Amarillo.
According to a Clovis Police news release:
· Junayd Howard, 25, of Clovis, was arrested in Amarillo on Tuesday, and through a combined investigation by Amarillo Police and Clovis police, Howard has been linked to jewelry theft and burglary at the JC Penny store in the North Plains Mall in Clovis, as well as burglaries and jewel theft at the Zales and Keepsake jewelry stores in the North Plains Mall and an attempted break-in at the Diamonds Evermore jewelry store on Main Street, Clovis.
· Clovis police have charged Howard with six counts of commercial burglary, a fourth degree felony, , three counts of larceny over $20,000, a second degree felony, six counts of criminal damage over $1,000 (4th degree felony), one count of attempted breaking and entering (misdemeanor) and one count of criminal damage under $1,000 a petty misdemeanor. On Friday, the Potter County Sheriff's Office was contacted and Junayd is being held on this warrant in their detention facility.
· Detectives learned Junayd had been selling jewelry, since the report of the first burglary in Clovis, to pawn shops in Lubbock, Texas, Dallas, Texas and Albuquerque, NM. Investigators were able to match items stolen from the Clovis burglaries to items being pawned by Junayd. Based on this information investigators were able to obtain a search warrant for Junayd's Clovis home. During this search, investigators were able to locate items believed stolen during the Clovis burglaries.
· Howard is being held in the Potter County, Texas, Jail.
According to an affidavit of arrest warrant filed in Curry County Magistrate Court, Howard was arrested after he attempted to escape from the Westgate Mall in Amarillo after Amarillo Police had been called to the scene based on a reports a man was seen inside the mall's J.C. Penney store breaking display cases with a hammer.
Amarillo police surrounded the mall and captured Howard as he attempted to escape, according to the affidavit, and Howard was carrying a hammer and a backpack when he was apprehended.
