Stolen Property Leads to Multiple Charges

The Dothan Police Department began investigating a burglary in March of 2022 in which very specific and identifiable items were stolen. Items matching the specific and identifiable stolen items recently appeared on social media as being for sale by an individual.

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, Dothan Police Department criminal investigators executed a search warrant at the residence of the seller in the 300 block of Chapelwood Drive. Investigators located two specific stolen items from the original burglary. During the search, investigators also located illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia. Present at the time of the execution of the search warrant were two adults and one person under the age of 18 who had been provided illegal narcotics by one of the adults.

As a result of the investigation, 21 year-old Jalen Fransis McDonald of Chapelwood Drive was charged with one count of Furnishing a Controlled Substance to a Minor, one count of Receiving Stolen Property First Degree, one count of Possession of Marijuana Second Degree, and one count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $47,000.00.

Also charged was 19 year-old Cameron Michael Bishop of Chapelwood Drive.  Bishop was charged with one count of Receiving Stolen Property Second Degree, one count of Possession of Marijuana Second Degree, and one count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  His bond was set at $12,000.00.

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