SALINE CO.— Some rather disconcerting details have started to emerge concerning a rash of home invasions in the Saline County area.
The most disturbing comes from a pair of incidents that occurred in Carrier Mills in April.
On April 19 at approximately 4 p.m., Steve Lindle contacted authorities and reported that he had just been robbed in his home at knifepoint.
Lindle described two male suspects as a tall dark black male and a light-skinned black male.
The dark male was later identified as Carl E. “Jameel” Campbell, 52, of 103 Karen Ann Lane, Carrier Mills, and the light-skinned male was later identified as Kyle Martin Day, 23, of 216 East Trammel St., Carrier Mills.
He said the two men entered his home without permission, held a knife to his throat and demanded money.
Lindle said he gave the men money from his wallet and shortly thereafter Campbell told Day to kill Lindle.
Makes a break for it
Lindle made a break for it and was able to get out of his home through a back door and escaped.
In addition to the cash Lindle gave them, Campbell and Day took a baby wipes box which contained change and Lindle’s cell phone.
Lindle told authorities that he believed that convicted cocaine dealer Jennifer R. Grady, 37, may have had something to do with the robbery, as he spotted her driving past his house four times before the perps made their way in.
One of the things the idiots didn’t seem to have enough brain cells for was to check to see if they were on video surveillance…which they were.
Both Kyle Day and Carl “Jameel” Campbell are on video showing them entering the house before the attack and leaving after Lindle escaped with his life.
Grady was interviewed by authorities the next day (April 20) and told officers that she had taken Day, Campbell and Traci Isbell to Carrier Mills that day.
She also confirmed to authorities that Campbell and Day robbed Lindle.
Trap set, sprung
Grady contacted Carrier Mills Chief of Police Chuck Rubright and informed him that she was bringing Isbell and Campbell to Harrisburg to sell a stolen gun.
With that information, officers conducted an investigative traffic stop on Grady’s vehicle in Harrisburg.
Campbell was found to have a shotgun under his legs on the floor of the vehicle.
At that time Isbell also confirmed that Day and Campbell had robbed Lindle and that Campbell had a stolen gun in the vehicle.
Campbell was taken to the county detention center and placed in an interview room for some time.
After questioning, the results of which are not available, he was turned over to jail staff.
A quick search of the interview room Campbell had been in revealed a pair of cuff links belonging to another of the pair’s victims, Terry Felty.
The shotgun was also later identified as one stolen from Felty.
Hiding like a scared rabbit
The next day, April 21, Carrier Mills authorities were dispatched to 304 West Washington St., Carrier Mills, on a report from Traci Isbell that Kyle Day had kicked in her front door and threatened to beat her 15-year-old son.
Day was demanding to be let in so he could retrieve “his stuff.”
Isbell said Day left and got into a gray SUV, which she thought might belong to Alexis Arnold, and headed toward the grade school.
An SUV matching the description was located on North and Mill streets and when the plate was run by police, it came back to James and Jamie Arnold.
Once the vehicle was stopped, the driver, Shania Lynn, 29 and passenger Alexis Arnold, age 21, informed police that they received a call from Day saying he needed a ride so they picked him up and dropped him off at the park.
Over the next several minutes, officers were tipped off that Day might be at the Tabatha Sutton residence, located at 125 Caroline Street.
Once at Sutton’s residence, they knocked on the door and were allowed in to look for Day.
Sutton said that Day had been there but left approximately five minutes before police arrived.
After Day was not located inside the residence, officers asked if they could search a camping trailer on the property and Sutton agreed.
She said it was unlocked but when officers tried to open the door, it was locked.
Sutton gave permission for officers to gain entry any way they could, so a window on the door of the trailer was opened and an officer slid his hand through and unlocked the door.
Day was found hiding like a scared rabbit.
His head was sticking out from under a pile of blankets.
Once Day saw the TASER pointed at him, he became very compliant and was taken into custody.
Charges
In the Lindle robbery, Day has been charged with Home Invasion with a Dangerous Weapon and Armed Robbery.
Campbell faces charges of Home Invasion with a Dangerous Weapon, Armed Robbery and two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
Both Campbell and Day are suspects in the April 20 robbery of Terry Felty, who lives at 15 Victoria Ann Dr., Carrier Mills.
In that robbery Felty was bound with duct tape and the bandits made off with home electronics items and, apparently, cuff links and a shotgun.
Day has also been charged with Criminal Trespass to Residence with Person Present and Criminal Damage to Property for kicking in Isbell’s door and entering her home.
Criminal inclinations
As far as criminal records, while “Jameel” Campbell doesn’t have much of one in Saline County, the same cannot be said for Kyle Day.
Day was convicted September 30, 2011 of one count of Battery for which he was sentenced to 18 months probation and fined $24,352.77, of which we still owes $21,352.77.
He still has a pending case from July 8, 2013 in which he is charged with Receive/Possession/Sell Stolen Vehicle and Aggravated Fleeing Police.
He also has a pending case from September 1, 2014 in which he is charged with Criminal Damage to Property $300-$10,000.
Even their driver, Jennifer R. Grady, 37, has a criminal record, although she seems kind of blessed by the narc fairy.
Out of four separate cases in 2010 in which she was charged with Manufacture/Delivery of Cocaine, she was only convicted of one in July 13, 2011 for which she was fined $5,705, of which she still owes $3,920.
Cash bond in both Campbell’s and Day’s cases have been set at $10,000 each for the Lindle robbery.
Day faces an additional $1,000 cash bond for his antics at Isbell’s home.