Published: October 20, 2020


LAWRENCEBURG POLICE MADE AN ARREST FOLLOWING THE VANDALISM OF A LOCAL RESTAURANT OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO PAT'S CAFE ON MASSEY AVENUE SUNDAY TO SPEAK TO THE COMPLAINANT WHO ADVISED THEIR RESTAURANT HAD VANDALIZED AND THAT A VEHICLE AT THE REAR FO THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN ENTERED ILLEGALLY. THE FRONT GLASS DOORS HAD BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A BRICK AN THE CATERING VAN HAD BEEN ENTERED. BASED ON SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE, A SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED WHOM LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD ENCOUNTERED PRIOR IN THE WEEK. THE SUSPECT WAS LATER LOCATED ON NORTH LOCUST AVENUE. JEFFREY MARSH HOWARD WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL. HOWARD HAD A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY AND WAS WANTED OUT OF SEVERAL STATES.