Osceola Man Arrested After Burglarizing Quonset Hut In Syracuse
By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews
SYRACUSE — An Osceola man was recently arrested after allegedly burglarizing a Quonset hut in Syracuse.
Damian Lee Cassidy, 24, Osceola, is charged with burglary, a level 5 felony; theft, a class A misdemeanor; criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor; and sentence enhancement theft, a level 6 felony.
On Dec. 7, 2022, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a burglary in Syracuse. A couple said they noticed a suspicious vehicle parked near a Quonset hut they owned.
A KCSO deputy met with the property owners and noticed the hut had a broken service door window, as a cinder block was thrown into it. According to court documents, some tools had been jammed into the door of a tractor in an attempt to pry the door open. The majority of the property in the hut was large farm equipment. Pictures of the suspect vehicle were posted by the property owners to social media.
On Dec. 9, 2022, an individual contacted the owners and said the pictured vehicle was co-owned by her and Cassidy, but that Cassidy primarily used it.
Cassidy was interviewed about the incident on Dec. 13, 2022. In the interview, Cassidy said he broke into the Quonset hut because he needed gas. He said he stole a gas can with some gas in it and a small hammer.
Cassidy has a prior theft conviction in Kosciusko County from November 2021.
For this case, Cassidy was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Feb. 1, with a $10,250 surety and cash bond.