Illinois man accused of West Lafayette burglary

 Posted on March 30, 2013 in Criminal Defense

An Illinois man was recently accused of at least one burglary that occurred in a West Lafayette neighborhood.

At about 9:15 p.m. on Mar. 4, police were called to a home in the Arbor Chase neighborhood for a reported brick being thrown through the window. Along with the assistance from the K-9 unit if the Tippecanoe Co. Sheriff’s Office, the West Lafayette police officers set up a perimeter around the area.

The suspect was identified as 20-year-old Albert Goins, who was tracked down to the nearby Amberleigh Village subdivision, which was where he was arrested around 10:30 p.m. that same night

Goins has also been accused of burglarizing a home in Amberleigh Village on Jan. 30 along with throwing the brick through a window into a home in Arbor Chase of Mar. 4. According to Lt. Troy Harris from the West Lafayette Police Department (WLPD), Goins is not a resident of Amberleigh village. The address that Goins provided to the police is a University Park, Illinois address.

WLPD is also investigating four other burglaries that occurred in the Amberleigh Village neighborhood, one of which occurred on Jan. 30. The burglaries were reported first on Jan. 25 and the last one was reported in Feb.

There are detectives still working to determine whether or not Goins was involved in those other three incidents in the same neighborhood.

If you have been charged with a crime like Albert Goins has, contact an experienced criminal attorney in Arlington Heights, Ill. today. Criminal attorney Chris Cosley will fight for you in court.