Lang
3/7/20
A Shelter House resident wearing a stolen 1900’s era cloak around the facility was the tip Iowa City Police needed to identify a suspect in a museum burglary.
According to arrest records, 30-year-old Alexander Torres was seen wearing the turn-of-the century University of Iowa College of Nursing cloak at Shelter House Thursday morning. Police executed a search warrant and found the cloak in his backpack, as well as a 1925 hypodermic needle and pain management kit containing an unknown medication. The items were reported stolen in a burglary last month at the UIHC medical museum.
Torres was also found in possession of a pry bar.
Torres was arrested and charged with 3rd Degree Burglary and Possession of Burglar’s Tools. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of four years in prison.
Torres was arrested last October after trying to break into the Old Capitol. He claimed he was trying to take control of the building and steal documents inside. Torres pleaded guilty and was sentenced to community service.