Tuscaloosa Police Arrest Four In String Of Vehicle Break-Ins

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Tuscaloosa Police Department on Friday announced four arrests of suspects believed to have been responsible for multiple vehicle break-ins over the last few weeks.

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TPD said in a press release on Friday that three of the suspects who were allegedly working together are accused in a string of break-ins recently reported in the Forest Lake neighborhood.

Another suspect, reportedly working alone, was arrested Friday morning after he was caught on camera breaking into a car parked in Rosedale. TPD said officers responded to 29th Street in Rosedale on the call of a vehicle break-in in progress around 1 a.m. Friday morning.

Officers then reportedly spotted Bryan Michael Covey, 44, walking away from the area with a backpack. TPD officers would eventually obtain surveillance video that showed Covey going through a resident’s parked car. The owner informed police that they did not know Covey.

Covey was charged with one count of breaking into a vehicle and transported to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where his bond was set at $10,000.

TPD then said that earlier in the week, Marcus Edwards and Corvaddius Henderson — both 19 years old — and a 14 year old were each charged with seven counts of unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle.

TPD explained that the three individuals were identified as the suspects seen on multiple home surveillance cameras in the Forrest Lake area during the early morning hours of Aug. 25.

Items stolen included clothing, electronics and a firearm.

Edwards saw his bond set at $105,000, while Henderson’s was set at $52,500. The juvenile in the case was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Detention Center.

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