GENSENEO, Ill. (KWQC) – A Davenport woman was arrested after police said she was found inside the walls of a Geneseo business.
Caleigh A. Gottsche, 26, of Davenport was arrested and charged with:
- Burglary
- Felony criminal damage to property
- Criminal Trespass to property
Gottsche was taken to the Henry County Jail. Police told KWQC they are looking for two more people.
A business owner in the 100 block of South State Street reported hearing a loud noise from the ceiling or attic area of their business around 5:30 p.m., according to a media release from the Geneseo Police Department.
Officers searched the business and heard a noise but couldn’t find where it came from, officials said, and left the business before 6 p.m.
Around ten minutes later, the owner reported hearing more suspicious noises from a different area of the business. Officers came back and started checking both the caller’s business and other businesses in the same block, officials said.
While searching officers said they heard whispering and movement coming from inside structure areas around them.
Around 6:30 p.m., officers were able to talk to Gottsche who was between the interior walls of a business and firefighters were able to safely get her out from between the walls.
Police learned multiple businesses in the South State Street area had damaged potential access points on their shared roofs.
A KWQC crew on scene said the road was blocked off with barriers between second and first street and there were several fire trucks as of about 10:30 p.m.
Police told the crew the road was blocked due to an active investigation. Police were conducting interviews and said everything between first and second streets is a crime scene.
Around 10:45 p.m., the crew saw police searching the top of a building using a ladder truck.
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