Updated: July 11, 2017

A LAWRENCEBURG MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR BREAKING INTO A LAWRENCE COUNTY HOME. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTS, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A WESLEY CHAPEL ROAD HOME JUST AFTER 1:30 FOR A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. NEIGHBORS ADVISED THEY HAD SEEN A MAN ENTER THE RESIDENCE THROUGH A WINDOW. UPON ARRIVAL, AUTHORITIES ENCOUNTERED 24 YEAR-OLD JACOB BRANDON SMITH CARRYING A POOL FLOAT TO HIS TRUCK. WHEN QUESTIONED, SMITH INDICATED HE KNEW THE RESIDENTS AND WAS RETURNING A BORROWED POOL FLOAT. THE HOMEOWNERS WERE CONTACTED AND INDICATED THAT SMITH DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO BE ON THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. A SEARCH OF SMITH'S TRUCK REVEALED HE HAD STOLEN A SET OF GOLF CLUBS, A LEAF BLOWER AND SEVERAL BOTTLES OF LIQUOR WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF MORE THAN $832. SMITH WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, BURGLARY, AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL ON $42,000 BOND.