By Vicky Wedig
Staff Writer
Preliminary hearings are scheduled for Jan. 22 and Feb. 8 for a Darien woman and an East Troy man who allegedly stole tools from a Town of Troy building and sold them in Chicago to buy heroin.
Channing E. Sanders, 27, was charged Nov. 19 in Walworth County Circuit Court with three counts of burglary of a building or dwelling as a party to a crime. Edward M. Meyer, 28, of East Troy, was charged Dec. 7 with four counts of the same offense.
According to the criminal complaint, Sanders was with Meyer on at least four occasions when he entered a building owned by Walter Kraayvanger in the Town of Troy and stole construction tools.
Meyer, who is a tenant of Kraayvanger’s, told police Aug. 16 when the burglaries were initially reported that he saw people steal a snow plow from Kraayvanger’s yard and saw someone enter the building, according to the complaint.
Surveillance from Cash America Pawn store in Chicago showed Meyer selling items that belonged to Kraayvanger and Sanders’ grandfather, according to the complaint. Meyer allegedly admitted he committed burglaries with Sanders, who is a heroin addict and gave Meyer rides to Chicago so she could buy heroin, according to the complaint.
Sanders allegedly admitted entering Kraayvanger’s building with Meyer, stealing tools from her grandfather and selling the items in Chicago to get drug money, according to the complaint.
