Like many places, Checotah has seen a rise in crime in their area. The Checotah Police Department has had their hands full this past week with everything from kidnappers to crooks.

Last Thursday, Chief Darren Glover and Lieutenant Marvin Harrell answered an urgent call from the manager of Checotah Stop, which led to the arrest of an alleged kidnapper who had taken a 14-year-old juvenile from her home in McKinney, TX.

Then Saturday, Checotah PD and McIntosh County Sheriffs Department posted pictures on social media of several individuals and their truck caught on surveillance cameras, who were involved in a burglary at Eufaula Tac- tical in Checotah. The time shown on surveillance cameras was 4:33 a.m.

The local law enforcement agencies asked for the public’s help in identifying the obvious juveniles and for anyone with any information to please contact either department.

Soon several citizens were commenting and began recognizing possible school colors with one wearing a purple beanie and tips led to the teens.

According to an up-dated report on the Checotah Police Department’s Facebook, all the young individuals were identified and the stolen items were recovered.

Lieutenant Marvin Harrell confirmed all were juveniles in the robbery and 16 guns were recovered. Another robbery at Casey’s was also confirmed but no details were available at time of press release.

Checotah PD also stated, “Big thanks were given to the ATF, Mc-Intosh County Sheriff ’s Office and the citizens of Checotah for all their assistance.”