On 10/14/2010 the Prentiss County Sheriff's office received the report of a suspicious person and vehicle at a vacant residence on HWY 370 West of Frankstown. Deputies and Investigators responded to the call and caught the following individual in the process of burglarizing the vacant residence. The suspect had loaded some of the contents of the residence into his automobile. The suspect is identified as Paul Franklin Besinger 46 of Hickory Flat. The suspect works in Booneville and lives in Hickory Flat and was burglarizing the residence on the way home after work. His bond was set at $5,000.. I can't emphasis enough how important it is for neighbors to watch out for neighbors, but this is a prime example of the public assisting Law Enforcement and hopefully by catching such suspects, may very well prevent our homes from being burglarized. Ours guys did a great job responding and catching him in the act but it would like not have happened without an alert neighbor who was willing to get involved.

Sheriff Randy M Tolar