Bishop Police arrest Mammoth burglary suspect

Cameron Puckett, 27

 

Bishop Police Chief Chris Carter has confirmed that his officers captured and arrested the suspect in four Mammoth Lakes commercial burglaries. Chief Carter said that his officers arrested Cameron Puckett, 27. The Chief also confirmed that police used a taser in the course of the arrest.

Mammoth Police Officers had confirmed that between midnight June 24th and 6am June 25th, someone broke windows and entered four businesses in Mammoth. Police said the burglar was in search of cash. In one case, he took an entire cash drawer.

A key element in the case was the use of video surveillance in three of the four businesses. Puckett was identified from his image on the video. Also, the suspect dropped his cell phone at one of the businesses. Cameron Puckett was identified as the suspect.

Unofficial reports indicated that Puckett may have tried to burglarize a Bishop business and that Bishop Police tasered him and arrested him. As of Sunday afternoon, Puckett remained in custody at the Inyo County Jail.

Mammoth Police had said that Puckett was on parole from another area when he was arrested here.

About Benett Kessler

Always interested in writing, Benett was the editor of her high school paper, proceeded to the University of Chicago and then out West where she and John Heston formed Eastern Sierra News Service in Inyo County. They fed film to KNXT in Los Angeles and co-wrote and produced the first daily radio news in the Eastern Sierra. Their work ranged from a published news magazine to the first television newscast. They continued to provide videotaped news to KABC and other news outlets. After a seat on the Mammoth Times board and work as newswriter, Benett formed her own company, Sierra Broadcasters and launched an FM radio station, now KSRW and a broadcast television station, KSRW-TV33. The latest addition - Sierrawave.net. Her company motto: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

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2 Responses to Bishop Police arrest Mammoth burglary suspect

  1. Bret July 2, 2012 at 9:18 am #

    For the love of God; please put this guy in prison and not let him out on parol like the last two times.

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  2. sierragrl July 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm #

    could this possibly be his third strike? Wouldn’t that be nice…life in prison bozo.

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