Pueblo County Sheriff’s arrested a man after he returned to the crime scene

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) arrested a 26-year-old man on Thursday after returning to a business he had attempted to burglarize.

Sheriff’s deputies responded at about 8 a.m. to Pueblo Truss, 469 E. Industrial Blvd., after an employee reported someone cut the fence to the property and attempted to steal lumber overnight, according to PCSO.

The employee said he found some lumber stacked near the cut fence and more lumber stacked nearby on a wagon.

While deputies were investigating the incident, they learned that earlier in the morning, a nearby business owner reported a suspicious, red Impala in her parking lot. PCSO says that the witness said she saw a man dressed in black clothing walking through the lot and when she attempted to contact him, he took off walking.

According to PCSO, approximately, two hours later, the employee from Pueblo Truss called the Sheriff’s Office again to report a man dressed in black was attempting to take lumber from the yard. The employee said he confronted the man and he took off running.

The employee and several other business owners and residents in the area followed the suspect and saw him jump a fence and hide in the gated, locked yard of a nearby business says PCSO.

Deputies located the suspect, identified as Robert James Martinez, and arrested him on second-degree criminal trespass, third-degree criminal trespass, and on an outstanding warrant.

He has been booked into the Pueblo County Jail.

The PCSO says that the Impala, which had a reported stolen license plate from Florida, was impounded and secured while deputies seek a search warrant for the vehicle. Further charges could be forthcoming pending the outcome of that search warrant.