Birmingham, AL 07/27/2016
41 year old Carl Leslie Statum of Birmingham is in the Jefferson County Jail for the second time in two days after being caught breaking into cars in Forestdale this morning.
At about 4:00 am on July 26, 2016 a deputy on patrol along Mount Olive Road stopped to help a stranded motorist. The driver, later identified as Carl Statum, told the deputy that he had run out of gas. The deputy checked the tag and discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen to the Birmingham Police Department. Upon hearing this Statum attempted to run away from deputies. He was captured a short distance away and arrested. He was charged with Receiving Stolen Property 1st Degree and Resisting Arrest. He posted $5600 bond and was released later that morning.
Just before 3:00 am this morning deputies were dispatched to the 1700 block of Neil Road to investigate several reports of cars being burglarized. One of the victims told deputies that she heard a noise and looked outside to see a man in the back seat of her car. She yelled at him and he ran away on foot.
A description of the suspect was broadcast to other deputies in the area. A deputy spotted the suspect walking down Hendrix Drive. He was carrying a backpack that had been stolen from one of the cars and filled with other stolen property.
Carl Leslie Statum
The suspect was identified as 41 year old Carl Leslie Statum. He was arrested and charged with four counts of Unlawful Breaking and Entering a Vehicle, Theft of Property 1st Degree, Theft of Property 4th Degree and Public Intoxication. His bond was revoked on a pop previous theft charge. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond. The stolen property was returned to the owners.