Hattiesburg Police have charged three individuals in connection to multiple auto burglaries and recovered multiple stolen weapons and other property during the investigation.
On Monday, Feb. 27, officers arrested three individuals in the 500 block of North 19th Avenue.
18-year-old Nicklois Wesley, of Hattiesburg, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with two counts of possession of a stolen weapon.
A 17-year-old male, from Hattiesburg, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of possession of a stolen weapon.
Another 17-year-old male, also of Hattiesburg, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of possession of a stolen weapon, three counts of auto burglary and one count of felony malicious mischief.
The individuals have been linked to auto burglaries that occurred in the 100 block of North 19th Avenue, the 900 block of Beverly Hills Road, and the 1000 block of Turtle Creek Drive.
Officers recovered seven weapons, an Apple iPad Pro, earbuds, and a Louis Vuitton bag, among other items that were left in vehicles, the majority of them unlocked.
Additional charges for all of the individuals are pending as the investigation is ongoing.
Wesley has been booked into the Forrest County Jail, and the two juveniles into the Juvenile Detention Center.
