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Suspect in Cape, Jackson burglaries arrested in IllinoisTuesday, May 5, 2009A man wanted for a Jackson burglary and suspected in a string of burglaries in Cape Girardeau and Jackson was arrested in his Illinois hometown and is apparently fighting extradition back to Missouri. Mark P. Lowery, who is listed with a Robinson, Ill., address in court papers charging him with a single count of burglary and another felony count of stealing, was arrested after Missouri police alerted law enforcement in Crawford County, Ill., that he may be headed that way. Lowery, 46, was arrested by deputies of the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, said correctional officer Jeremy Langley, and was in the county jail Monday evening. To be released, someone would have to post the $25,000 cash bond set for Lowery in Missouri, he said. In a sworn statement filed with the charges against Lowery, Jackson police Lt. Rodney Barnes reported jewelry stolen during an April 10 burglary in Jackson was traced to pawnshops in Robinson. Crawford County is a county of about 20,000 people in east-central Illinois. Detectives from Cape Girardeau who contacted the Crawford County Sheriff's Department were told Lowery is fighting extradition to Missouri, Cape Girardeau police chief Carl Kinnison said. Lowery is a suspect in, but has not been charged with, about 60 burglaries in Cape Girardeau that targeted homes in quiet residential neighborhoods. Lowery was identified after a Jackson homeowner caught the burglar in the act and chased him to a nearby bank parking lot. A composite sketch, a bank video and friends of Lowery tipping police that he was trying to raise money to leave town because of his exposure in the burglary case led to the charges being filed last week. "He is obviously a suspect in our burglaries," Kinnison said after telling Cape Girardeau City Council members of the arrest. Cape Girardeau police have searched a residence known to have been used by Lowery and have some evidence that is being processed at the state Crime Lab. "I assure you we are following up very aggressively," Kinnison said. Jackson police could not be reached for comment. 388-3642 Pertinent Addresses: Country Club Place, Jackson, Mo. Robinson, Ill. Crawford County, Ill. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Off with his head! He cost me $39.00 per month in Alarm fees!
Cut off his hands, then he won't steal anymore.
Where's the perp photo? I want to see if he looks anything like the artist's rendering.
With so many people having been affected by the actions of this crook, either directly through theft or indirectly through fear that they would be next, we all get to breathe a sigh of relief that he has been caught. THANK YOU to the man who chased him down!
hip hip hurray!
now hopefully he won't get off with just a slap on the wrist! Bring back the good ole days when you could shoot a man for stealing your horse!