Columbus police arrested three people Sunday night and are searching for a fourth suspect in connection with a string of copper thefts that have plagued area business owners since June.
Interim Police Chief Selvain McQueen said police conducted a sting operation and caught two men and a woman in the act of burglarizing Doughty Electric on Airline Road at approximately 11:14 p.m. Sunday.
They arrested Jeremy Stephen Yarbrough, 20, of 10 Weathers Drive; Corey Michael Thompson, 23, of 3597 Nashville Ferry Road; and Katie Hope Harris, 24, of 594 Woodridge Place. All were charged with two counts of grand larceny for the attempted burglary at Doughty on Sunday and another theft at Doughty last Thursday.
McQueen said Harris dropped Yarbrough and Thompson off at the site and drove home, where Harris was arrested.
Police continue to search for a fourth suspect, Donnie Yulicous Harris, 21, of 405 10th St. N. He is 5-foot-9 and weighs 220 pounds.
Harris is suspected of stealing copper from Air Control Engineering, located at 1119 Pridmoore Drive.
The mechanical contractor was burglarized June 11, July 16, and July 19.
Carmen K. Sisson is the former news editor at The Dispatch.
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