FROM CHIEF P.K. JOHNSON
MILLBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT
A Prattville woman identified as Margaret N. Henley, 23, was arrested by the Millbrook Police Department for theft of property 1st degree related to a reported stolen vehicle.
On May 10, 2022, Millbrook police officers responded to the 4100 block of Zeigler Drive with regard to a report of a stolen vehicle. The victim advised that she parked her vehicle at a private residence and went inside to pick-up a co-worker, leaving her vehicle running while inside. An individual, later identified as Margaret N. Henley, a 23-year-old Prattville resident entered the victim’s vehicle and left the residence.
During the initial investigation, it was discovered that the stolen vehicle was equipped with GPS. Millbrook detectives, working in concert with the Montgomery Police Department, were able to track the vehicle, which was located and stopped by Montgomery police officers at the intersection of Day and Hill Streets in Montgomery. The alleged offender was taken into custody and transported to the Millbrook Police Department, where she was later placed under arrest, being charged with Theft of Property 1st Degree. Henley was later transported to the Elmore County Jail.
I want to thank the Montgomery Police Department for their assistance in this case. During our initial investigation, our detectives learned that the victim’s vehicle was equipped with GPS. They were able to track the vehicle, communicating its whereabouts to the Montgomery Police Department, whose officers were able to rapidly locate the vehicle and apprehend the alleged offender.
Like I’ve said many times, if you can come here and commit a crime, don’t think that because you jump on that interstate and leave our city, that you’ve gotten away with your crime. We enjoy great working relationships with our law enforcement partners in surrounding jurisdictions and we work very well together, as illustrated in this case. We will continue to utilize every tool in our toolbox to apprehend and prosecute those who come into our city and commit these crimes.
