A pair of North Platte men is facing numerous charges after a police investigation connected them to numerous thefts.
During the early morning hours of 3/20/18, a citizen called in reporting two male subjects were attempting to enter his home in the 1100 block of Tanner Ct. It was reported that both the front and rear doors to the home were locked but the subjects were turning the doorknob and attempting to enter. An officer arrived very quickly and saw the two males at the door. They ran and a foot chase ensued but both subjects eventually got away. It was found in this case that the citizen’s detached unlocked garage had been entered and rummaged through but nothing was missing. Later in the morning officers took several reports of thefts from unlocked garages and unlocked vehicles in the southwest part of town (Clearwater CT, Marko CT, Dixie Ave, Sherman CT). In one of the instances the suspects forced entry into a garage and in another instance, the suspects entered an unlocked attached garage and entered the occupied home.
On 3/20/18 at 5:33 AM officers responded to a disturbance in the 800 block of South Belmont. The resident reported their motion alarm in their detached garage went off. The resident went outside and saw two males they recognized as Jeremiah McEntire and Tietyss Dieter by the garage. It was reported that Jeremiah had an assault-style rifle with him and pointed it at the resident/victim. It was reported that Jeremiah attempted to strike the victim in the face with the butt of the rifle but either grazed or missed the victim as they weren’t injured. The males then ran from the scene and Jeremiah reportedly used the butt of the rifle to bust a window out of the residence while running away.
On 3/20/18 at 7:12 AM an officer took a report of a suspicious vehicle in the alleyway in the 2100 block of West 2nd street. A blue 2006 Ford F-150 was blocking the alleyway. The officer found the vehicle’s lights were on and it had some fresh damage to the right fender. The vehicle also had bullet holes in the interior of the vehicle. There was over $5,000 in damage to the vehicle. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and it was discovered the vehicle was stolen during the early morning hours from an address on Marko Ct. The vehicle had been parked in the driveway unlocked with the keys left inside. A detached shed on the property was also entered and 2 firearms were stolen from a safe inside. The firearms were not recovered in the vehicle. One of the firearms was an AR-15 style rifle. It was believed the vehicle theft occurred around the same time as the other burglaries in the area which were around 1:30 AM.
Officers developed enough probable cause to have a search warrant granted for Tietyss Dieter‘s residence in the 2000 block of west 3rd. Officers located items that tied Tietyss and Jeremiah to the vehicle theft and firearms theft. Neither subject was initially at the residence when the warrant was served but both arrived later on and Tietyss was arrested without incident. Jeremiah, when told he was under arrest, attempted to run from the residence. He was grabbed by two officers and taken into custody.
At this time Jeremiah has been incarcerated for possession of stolen property, possession of stolen firearms, resisting arrest, felony criminal mischief (damaged truck), misdemeanor criminal mischief (damaged window), attempted 2nd-degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Tietyss was incarcerated for aiding and abetting attempted 2nd-degree assault and aiding and abetting use of a weapon to commit a felony along with possession of stolen property and firearms.
Investigator John Deal says officers investigated around 15 incidents of theft from unlocked vehicles and garages in the area of Bridle Lane on the 19th. Officers are still gathering information and the investigation is ongoing. Additional charges could be forthcoming for both subjects.
