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Suspects who stole 40 boxes of air compressors arrested by MPD

Two men have been arrested in connection with a boxcar burglary in Memphis.
Credit: Memphis Police Department Facebook

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police department have arrested two men in connection to a boxcar robbery that happened Monday around 10pm. 

18-yer-old Ronnino Nelson and 26-year-old Xavier Pendleton, were arrested for the burglary.

The burglary happened near Beebee Avenue, where MPD says the two men were putting boxes into a tan truck. The boxes contained air compressors, according to MPD. They found about 40 boxes of compressors between the suspects car and the scene of the burglary. 

MPD also found a stolen gun in the suspects truck.

Nelson has been charged with burglary and Pendleton has been charged with burglary and theft of property, according to MPD. 

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