Police Arrest Alleged “Serial” Burglar

Robbery Theodore Authorities have charged this man with six burglaries in a Theodore neighborhood and he could face charges in more than a dozen crimes.

by Chad Petri

Published: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 5:07 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 7:00 pm CST

A flat screen TV is back in its rightful place—Stephen Shewmake’s living room. It's one of dozens of items 20-year-old William Rotter is accused of stealing from this neighborhood along Belwood Drive in Theodore. Shewmake says he's glad to get his stuff back.

“Now we can leave the house and there's still a chance of being burglarized but now we feel safer about leaving our stuff at home,” says Shewmake. Stephen says he went out to lunch three weeks ago. When he came back, he found someone had broken in through the back door. Some neighbors believe the suspect was able to hopscotch through backyards using heavily wooded areas for cover. Rotter has been charged with six counts of burglary. Mobile Police say he may be involved in other burglaries along this street. He was arrested Wednesday morning.

“We received a call, a complaint through 911 officers responded officers responded to the location and were able to , he was hiding in a closet in the residence,” says Mobile Police Corporal Charles Bagsby Jr. Police say Rotter may be involved in crimes dating back to January of last year.

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uamags Says:

Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Sirk and RNuts, you can’t forget the “you have no idea of his childhood and what he went through”, “he just got into some trouble, he would never do this” haha, i wish people would not defent idiots. lol

skybird Says:

Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:24 pm

I have been stolen from to many times in this neighborhood.I have let it be known to all the dope dealers and punks that live here that if I catch you stealing or robbing from me.That not only will the police be called but they will need to bring the coroner with them.They know I mean business and I haven’t had anything stolen from me in a long time.

josh Says:

Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 6:32 pm

That teenage girl went to school with my kids and so did her killer. My grandmother lives on hamilton blvd. not far from bellwood n got robbed for her purse in broad daylite at her house. People need to lay off the drugs n get a freakin job. Fast food minimum wage is better than hurting other people n makin us tax payers feed your butt in jail.

RNuts Says:

Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 8:27 am

You are right Sirk, and they will also tell us that we are being insensitive to the thief’s family in their time of disbelief that their Snowflake “is a boil on the but of humanity”. (Qoute from Weeza in Steel Magnolias).

Sirk Says:

Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 10:24 pm

I’m waiting on a friend of this punk to write in and say “he’s a good kid”. “People are just lying about him”. He was just playing “hopscotch” in these folks yards. Or, he wasn’t a “serial” burglar, he was hungry and was just looking for some “cereal”. Could be one of those “you don’t know what he went through during his childhood”. boo hoo

skybird Says:

Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 9:01 pm

I’ve lived in the neighborhood for over 14 yrs and the past 3-4 yrs it has went way down hill. From busting the dope dealers with kids in the house,which by the way they still haven’t stopped only the traffic to the house has slowed.To the brazen daytime robberys,people just walking into houses and picking up anything they can get.And not to forget the 15 yr old girl that was shoot and killed .The crooks know the jails are full and nothing is going to happen to them so they just carry on, not only in this neighborhood but in almost every neighborhood.