(Media release) Bartow County Sheriff's investigators say they've connected
Joseph Adam Bowlen to
numerous thefts and burglaries.
According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, last Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
investigators responded to 4831 Ryan Road to assist Georgia State Probation
Officers in the arrest of Bowlen at that location. While on the scene,
Bowlen escaped from custody, handcuffed, after he had been arrested by
probation officers from the Cartersville Probation Office for Violation of
Probation. Investigators discovered a large quantity of property inside the
residence that was believed to have been stolen from area convenience
stores. Investigators also recovered three stolen firearms, one of which
had
been stolen from a Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement vehicle
on October 3, 2010. Warrants were taken and lookouts were posted for
Bowlen.
Evidence recovered on October 19, 2010 at the Ryan Road address has linked
Bowlen to commercial burglaries including Cass White Grocery, Red Barn
Grocery, Austin's Feed and Seed, the Visitors Center and Offices at Red Top
Mountain State Park, and Martins Auto Parts on Highway 411. Warrants had
also been issued for Bowlen charging him with Theft by Taking (motor
vehicle) from Martin's Auto Parts, which was later involved in a chase on
Cass Pine Log Road on October 13, 2010. Bowlen had escaped that night on
foot and the truck was recovered.
A 1988 Chevy Astro Van, which had been stolen during the October 5, 2010
burglary at C and N Tire Shop on Cass White Road, was recovered on October
20, 2010 and had been stripped. The van was found at the Ryan Road address.
The other person arrested during the Bowlen incident at Schnitzer Southeast
was Stephen Haynes Clark, and Clark has been charged in the Red Barn
Grocery
burglary at this time. Other cases are being reviewed to see if they can be
linked to Bowlen or Clark.
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