SHAWNEE COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects in connection with a series of burglaries after finding them hiding in rural Shawnee County.
Just after 4p.m. Tuesday, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received a call about unwanted subjects trespassing on a property in the 6400 block of NE Shaffer Road, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.
The caller noticed a gray Chevrolet Avalanche that did not belong and believed there may be multiple subjects as well. Deputies arrived and noticed multiple fresh footprints in the snow. A deputy deployed his K9 partner and began to track the suspects. With the assistance of the Kansas Highway Patrol, two suspects were located hiding in the nearby tree line.
Deputies arrested Todd A. Gorman, 42, and Nickolas L. Trester, 29, both of Topeka, and transported them to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.
Gorman and Trester are being held on requested charges of multiple counts of burglary, theft and criminal damage to property, according Christian.