APD makes arrests on traffic violations, weapons, burglary

Tuesday, July 3, APD arrested Travis Lee Alexander, 41 of Alma, for driving with a suspended driver’s license following a traffic stop for a cracked windshield.  Alexander also had active arrest warrants through the Alma Police Department and the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office.

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APD arrested Beatriz Canelo-Soto, 27 of Alma, for driving with a suspended driver’s license and child restraint violation (2 cts).

APD arrested Michael Anthony Hart, 23 of Alma, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and giving false name/information to law enforcement officers.  Hart also had several active arrest warrants spanning from June 2017 to May 2018:  Obstruction of law enforcement officers (June 2017); battery-FVA and cruelty to children-3^rd degree (September 2017); and criminal damage to property-2^nd degree (May 2018).  APD also arrested Tatianna Mariea Wright, 32 of Alma, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  Wright and Hart’s arrest resulted from a suspicious vehicle complaint at the Alma-Bacon County Recreation Department.  Officers recovered a loaded .38 caliber handgun from the vehicle.  Hart and Wright are both currently serving probated sentences for unrelated crimes.

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Saturday morning, July 7, APD arrested Alexander Chandler, 48 of Alma, for burglary-1^st degree.  Officers discovered Chandler had several items on his person taken from a residential burglary on E. 12^th St two hours earlier.  Chandler was already wanted for two other residential burglaries which occurred on June 23 in the 200 block of E. 12^th St. and the 400 block of E. 16^th St.