An Izard County teen is facing multiple felony charges after investigators received reports of vandalism.
According to the affidavit for warrant of arrest for 18-year-old Joseph Steinkampf filed June 10, the charges stem from a series of incidents beginning in March of this year.
On March 21, Chief Deputy Steve Davidson was dispatched to a residence on Tuttle Road in Brockwell where he met with the victim who had found damage to his cabin including windows broken and property stolen.
After taking the report and photographing the evidence, Davidson noticed shoe impressions in wet gravel In the roadway matching imprints found a the victim’s residence.
Davidson tracked the shoe impressions to a nearby residence where he spoke with the homeowner Crystal Beasley.
Davidson explained his reason for the visit and inquired if there were any juveniles in the home, and was soon introduced to Steinkempf, a second male juvenile and a female juvenile.
Eventually, the juveniles admitted to the burglary and returned a portion of the items.
Two days later, Deputy J. Barnes took a walk in complaint from a second victim who stated someone had broken into his late fathers house on Twin Bridges Road and stolen multiple items, broken windows and destroyed his well house.
On April 2, Investigator Sean Tomlinson and Davidson traveled to ICC High School and interviewed Steinkampf who admitted he and the other juvenile male had a part in damaging the second victim’s residence and taking property from inside.
Steinkampf stated he estimated the damage to be around $3,000 and requested the police ask the second victim if he could work off the debt.
The following day, Tomlinson arrived at Steinkampf’s residence to receive the stolen items which were to be returned.
Steinkampf provided the majority of the items, but stated he could not find the cameras the boys had taken but would return them if he could locate them.
In late April, Tomlinson spoke with the victim who sated there were multiple cameras missing and the well house had been damaged beyond repair.
Between items still missing and damage to the property, the total cost is estimated to exceed $10,000. The initial victim estimated damage to his residence to be approximately $600.
As a result, Steinkampf faces two counts of residential burglary, a class B felony; criminal mischief in the first degree a class D felony; theft of property a class D felony’ one count of theft of property a class A misdemeanor and criminal mischief in the first degree, a class A misdemeanor.
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