One arrested, another suspect at-large in connection with burglaries in Whiting

One woman has been arrested and another is still being sought in connection with several alleged burglaries in Whiting on Sunday, it has been reported.

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to Whiting that evening after receiving a report of two suspicious females in the town. 

Jackson County Tim Morse reports that a deputy was directed by a citizen to a residence on Pratt Street in Whiting where a female reportedly had been hiding in a closet.  

The female fled the house on foot and was later identified as Megan Marie Hollister, 32, Horton. 

The area was searched by deputies and additional officers from the Kickapoo Tribal Police and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. Hollister, however, was not found.

The sheriff’s Office is currently seeking information on the location of Hollister, who may possibly be in the Brown County area. 

If anyone has information about her whereabouts, they are asked to contact that Jackson County Sheriff’s Office at 785-364-2251. 

Shortly after the search for Hollister began, the sheriff’s office received another report of a burglary to a residence in the 500 block of Third Street in Whiting.  A number of electronic items were taken from the residence, Morse report. 

Later, a second female was found back at the Pratt Street residence hiding in an attic crawl space. The female, Shelby Rose Hopkins, 19, Whiting, was extricated from the crawl space and was arrested and the stolen items were recovered, Morse said.  

Hopkins was booked into the Jackson County Jail on charges of burglary of a dwelling, theft, criminal damage to property, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony interference with law enforcement. Bond on Hopkins was set at $10,000.