Marshall County Central Dispatch Center received a report of a burglary that had occurred at a residence in the 13,000 block of 6A Road north of Plymouth. 

Officers investigating the incident Tuesday morning found evidence that a person had forced entry into the home. The house had been ransacked and numerous items were reported missing from the residence.

On the same day just after noon, the Central Dispatch Center received a report of a male subject that had just fled from a residence in the 6000 block of Michigan Road. The initial call said that the owners of the residence were not home, and he believed the man had burglarized the residence.  One of the witnesses followed the man, while he fled west from the property.

A few minutes later, an off-duty officer arrived in the area, located and detained the male on 6A Road west of Michigan Road.  He was identified as Christopher L. Scott, 37, of Plymouth. A subsequent search of Scott’s person yielded several items of property that were later found that have been taken from the Michigan Road residence. Scott was then transported from the scene and lodged at the Marshall County Jail.

A short time later, detectives from the Marshall County Police Department arrived at the residence on Michigan Road. Detectives found evidence of forced entry and extensive damage to the interior of the home. During the investigation, they  found evidence that the perpetrator had spent an extended amount of time in the residence.

Information learned during the initial investigation of both burglaries led detectives to draft a search warrant for a room at the Economy Inn in Plymouth. The search of that hotel room revealed items of stolen property from both burglaries along with suspected controlled substances.

As a result of the investigation of these burglaries, Scott was charged with of two counts of burglary as a Level 4 felony, two counts of theft as a Level 6 felony, two counts of criminal mischief as Class A misdemeanors, and possession of a controlled substance as a Class A misdemeanor.

Scott was held on a $10,000 cash bond.