Man accused of burglarizing Huey’s, U-Haul store downtown
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man accused of burglarizing Huey’s restaurant and a U-Haul business downtown on Friday is now in jail.
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Stacy Johnson, 57, is charged with two counts of burglary of a business.
On February 16, police say Huey’s restaurant on South Second Street was burglarized around 1:15 a.m. Around 4:23 p.m., a U-Haul store in the Edge District was then broken into.
Officers say while they were on routine a little after 5 a.m. downtown in the area of Lauderdale Street and Exchange Avenue, they saw a man who fit the burglary suspect’s description
The man, later identified as Stacy Johnson, was wearing a black and white plaid shirt wrapped around his head.
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Photos from both businesses showed Johnson wearing the same clothes that the burglar had on.
MPD says they found an A&B liquor bottle on Johnson while they were detaining him and several rolls of coins.
The bottle was stolen from Huey’s restaurant and the money was stolen from the U-Haul store, police say. An iPhone was also reported stolen from the U-Haul store.
Stacy Johnson was then taken to jail at 201 Poplar Avenue.
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