Hot Springs police responding to separate burglary in progress calls Wednesday evening ended up arresting a homeless man and a local teen on felony charges within about 10 minutes of each other.

Sky Starr Daulton, 18, who lists a Helen Street address, was taken into custody at 5:32 p.m. in the 1600 block of Seventh Street and charged with residential burglary, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and Lawrence Shawn Howell, 44, who is reportedly homeless, was taken into custody at 5:41 p.m. in the 200 block of Pansy Street and charged with breaking or entering, punishable by up to six years in prison.

Both remained in custody Thursday with Daulton being held on a $5,000 bond and Howell being held on a $2,500 bond. They are both set to appear today in Garland County District Court.

According to the probable cause affidavit on Daulton, shortly before 5:30 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 1600 block of Seventh Street after the homeowner called to report there was an unknown man who had broken into his house through a window in the back and was still inside.

Officers spoke with the owner and called out to the suspect, later identified as Daulton, from the front of the residence, but he refused to come outside.

Officers made entry and utilized K-9 Nitro, who reportedly located and apprehended Dalton in a back bedroom. Officers noted Daulton had broken glass on his clothing so LifeNet was called to the scene to check him out. He was cleared and taken into custody without further incident.

It was noted the back window, valued at $200, and a front glass door, valued at $200, were broken. When interviewed at the police department, Daulton allegedly said he had "scoped out" the residence earlier in the day to "make sure no other people were staying there."

He said he came back around 5 p.m. and tried to break in without causing any damage. He said he put a chair at the front door to keep anyone else from coming in. He reportedly admitted he later heard the homeowner and then heard officers, but still didn't come out until the dog found him.

According to the probable cause affidavit for Howell, around 5:30 p.m. officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of Pansy Street regarding a burglary in progress and upon arrival made contact with Howell at the scene and detained him.

They spoke to the female resident of the house next door who is reportedly the caretaker for the vacant house where the burglary had reportedly occurred. She stated she saw a shed door at the residence was open and then heard someone inside the house. Moments later, she said she saw Howell coming out the front door.

Inside the house, they noted several items that had been removed from the shed, including a folding chair, an ice chest, two toolboxes, a weed trimmer, leaf blower, hand tools and an air conditioning unit.

The owner of the residence came to the scene and indicated she wanted to press charges. It was determined a window screen had been removed off the shed which allowed entry into the house.

When questioned, Howell allegedly claimed he had paid someone he "knows from the streets" $174 to rent the house for the night. He said the person he rented it from had dropped him off earlier that morning and he had unloaded items from that person's truck and put them inside.

Howell denied ever entering the shed on the property. He said the person he rented the house from had opened the front door for him that morning and that he had swept the floors and slept there during the day.

Lawrence Shawn Howell - Submitted photo

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