A man wanted in connection with dozens of local burglaries apparently drove a stolen 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle from Maine to Missouri, where he was arrested Wednesday night.
Ronald Fuller, 62, was arrested between 7 and 8 p.m. in a rock quarry in St. Francois County, Mo., about 70 miles south of St. Louis, Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office said Thursday.
Fuller, of Boothbay Harbor, was found in a tent in the quarry near a distinctive convertible valued at $35,000 that had been stolen April 9 from a Woolwich man, Strout said.
Federal marshals and the St. Francois County Sheriff ’s Department went to the quarry to investigate a complaint of suspicious behavior, according to a news release from the sheriff ’s department. Fuller was arrested without incident.
Fuller is a suspect in a number of burglaries in Sagadahoc County, including one at the Montsweag Flea Market. After that burglary, Sgt. Dale Hamilton took DNA samples from tools left behind then obtained a search warrant for Fuller’s home, Strout said.
On March 26, police and federal probation officers executed a search warrant at Fuller’s home and seized “a large amount of items of interest,” a release from Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch said at the time.
Police have searched for Fuller since then.
Fuller is being held without bail in the St. Francois County Jail pending extradition, Officer Jared Mitkus of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department said.
He is also wanted on a federal warrant for probation revocation, according to Mitkus. Fuller is on probation from a 1998 conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. That probation followed a term in federal prison, Mitkus said.
Mitkus said Thursday that the case is “very much still under investigation,” and he encouraged anyone with any information about the case to call 633-5616.
The theft of the classic green Chevelle with white racing stripes puzzled police.
Sagadahoc Sheriff ’s Lt. Calvin Temple said there was no sign of forced entry, and investigators weren’t sure how the suspect was able to get the unregistered car out of the garage — which sits a long distance from the home but near busy U.S. Route 1.
Also, the battery was reportedly dead and its owner said the dual-exhaust V8 engine would have produced a loud rumble if started.
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