By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Travis Lee Pierce

SYRACUSE — A Syracuse man was recently arrested on two warrants related to burglaries in Milford and Syracuse.

In the first case, Travis Lee Pierce, 32, 304 W. Hillside Drive, Syracuse, is charged with burglary, a level 4 felony; and theft, a level 6 felony. Pierce is also charged with burglary, a level 5 felony; and theft, a level 6 felony, in a second case.

On June 2, 2022, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a burglary in Milford. Three video game consoles, a laptop, tools, a camera, and two firearms were stolen from a residence. More information on this incident can be read in a May 16 article published on InkFreeNews.

On July 7, 2022, a man went to the Syracuse Police Department to report the theft of a trailer, lawn mower, tools, and landscape equipment.

According to court documents, the total monetary loss to the man was about $2,174. As part of the investigation, a Syracuse officer received a tip that Beth N. Davis, Warsaw, had information about the theft.

In an interview with the officer, Davis said Pierce brought a large amount of tools to a residence near North Webster. She also said Pierce attempted selling the tools at Cashland.

Davis later admitted that she was with Pierce on July 6, 2022, and that as far as she knew, they were going to his trailer to retrieve items. She said Pierce handed her some items from the trailer and that was it. Davis initially denied that she and Pierce stole a utility trailer and lawn mower. However, when the officer confronted her with information that nearby businesses had surveillance cameras, Davis admitted that Pierce hooked the utility trailer with the lawn mower up to her vehicle and they towed it away.

The officer then interviewed Pierce on Sept. 20, 2022. Pierce initially denied any knowledge of the theft, but later admitted his involvement. He said the man’s trailer was already open and that he went through the screen on top of the trailer. Pierce then denied knowing where all of the stolen items would be now.

Davis was sentenced in this case in March 2023, to two years in the Kosciusko County Jail, with one year suspended on probation.

Pierce was booked in KCJ on these two cases on May 24, 2023.