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WEST POINT — A Kaysville man now faces 40 criminal charges accusing him of a rash of vehicle, shed and garage burglaries in West Point.
Police say David Cloyd Theobald, 39, stole from homes and vehicles, mostly in the same area of West Point, for about a year beginning in July of 2014.
Theobald was charged in 2nd District Court Thursday with one count of pattern of unlawful activity and eight counts of burglary, second-degree felonies; one count of obtaining another person's identifying documents, two counts of unlawful acquisition of a financial card and 15 counts of theft, third-degree felonies; and 13 counts of burglary of a vehicle, a class A misdemeanor.
Theobald is accused of stealing items from dozens of victims that include multiple sets of golf clubs, multiple televisions, credit cards, identification documents, a drill, a knife collection, tool cases and bags, a rototiller, a lawn mower, a chainsaw and a ladder.
About 17 victims have been identified, but Theobald admitted to between 20 and 30 burglaries in West Point and Clinton, according to charging documents.
Police officers contacted Theobald in Dillon, Montana, in late June and soon arrested him. Detectives later searched his home and found property belonging to to at least 10 victims, charging documents state.
Theobald, who was out of prison on parole during the alleged burglary and theft spree, is currently in the Utah State Prison. No initial court date is set in his current case.
Theobald was charged with more than 40 burglary and theft charges, including vehicle burglary, in 1997. He pleaded guilty to six of the charges and the rest were dismissed.
He has also previously pleaded guilty to five other charges related to burglary, theft or forgery, while other similar charges in those cases were dropped. His criminal history also includes convictions for drug possession, drug paraphernalia possession, felony possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and failing to stop or respond at the command of police.
