Last Thursday, January 11, 2018 West Wendover officers investigated a burglary of a construction equipment trailer from the 800 block of Florence Way. The officers were able to get a description of the suspect vehicle through surveillance video examination. Lt. Don Lininger said that later that day the officers found the same vehicle at the Smiths’ Supermarket parking lot. The officers contacted the owner of the vehicle and through questioning, they identified the suspect as Michael Wallace. While being interviewed, a K9 unit conducted an open-air search of the vehicle. The West Wendover K9 alerted the two officers of the presence of narcotics within the vehicle and through their search they located a small amount of heroin and needles in the specific vehicle. An other person of interest to the police was put in handcuffs inside the store, but was later released for being only a passenger, and for lack of evidence of his involvement. Wallace was arrested on the drug charges. The investigation into the burglary is still ongoing.
