An 18-year-old Missouri man was arrested Monday night for breaking into four Lincoln veterinary clinics Sept. 13, Lincoln police Sgt. Dennis Duckworth said.
A Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy pulled over Clinton S. Blankenship, 18, at 10:20 p.m near the intersection of 56th and Highway 2, Duckworth said.
Marlan Hohnstein, a Lincoln police investigator, said Blankenship was pulled over because police knew he was in the car. They had been looking for him since just after the burglaries.
From Parkville, Mo., Blankenship left Lincoln after the burglaries took place but returned briefly Monday, Hohnstein said.
"I think he was just back in Lincoln for the night," Hohnstein said.
Police are still searching for another man believed to be involved in the break-ins and are not releasing how Blankenship was connected with the crimes.
Cash, checks and drugs used as animal tranquilizers were taken from the clinics. A total of 70 milliliters of Ketamine, also known as Special K, which is popular at rave dance parties, was taken from three clinics.
Also taken were 10 milliliters of Valium and 450 milliliters of Xylazene, of which the effects on humans are not known.
About $2,300 in cash and checks were also taken.
No drugs were found on Blankenship when police arrested him, Hohnstein said, adding that the missing drugs would probably never be found.
"That's probably all gone. I don't have any indication that there's any of that still around," Hohnstein said.
The veterinary clinics broken into were: South Ridge Animal Clinic, 2901 Pine Lake Road, Parkview Animal Hospital, 3201 S. 10th St., The Animal Care Clinic, 255 S. 84th St., Williamsburg Veterinary Clinic, 6041 S. 40th St., and Belmont Veterinary Center, 2200 Cornhusker Hwy.
All five were broken into the nights of Sept. 13 and 14.
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