Lewis County Sheriff’s Department assists in arrest of Arkansas man in decade-long multi-state burglary spree

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — Special agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID), in cooperation with the Wapello County Sheriff’s Department in Iowa and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department in Missouri, executed two residential search warrants in Jacksonville, Ark., and Sherwood, Ark., on Tuesday, April 29.

These warrants were part of a multi-state investigation into a decade-long series of commercial burglaries.

Curtis Lee Barton, 40, of Jacksonville, Ark., was identified as the suspect in more than 30 commercial burglaries in northern Missouri and southern Iowa. CID agents contacted Barton at his Jacksonville residence and found evidence he used in the commission of the crimes.  

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Department served Barton with an arrest warrant for five offenses, including burglary, theft and property damage.

ASP troopers transported Barton to the Pulaski County Detention Center, where he was booked on an arrest warrant from Lewis County.  Barton is a parolee out of Missouri for commercial burglary.