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Butte man arrested in burglary at Front Street Market

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Posted at 6:20 PM, Jan 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-16 20:20:18-05

BUTTE - Butte police arrested a man in the act of burglarizing a local business early Friday morning.

Police were called to the Front Street market just after 4 a.m. when the burglar alarm went off and found a man inside the business climbing through the roof access.

The suspect made it outside and was found hiding in a ditch near the business.

Police accuse 29-year-old Jacob Elkins of Butte of felony burglary and having a small amount of meth on him.

He remains jailed.