Father and son arrested for Evansville store burglary

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – An early morning burglary landed a father-son duo in the Vanderburgh County Jail.

That's according to the Evansville Police Department, which says officers were dispatched to the JE Shekell building on Tennessee Street shortly before 3 a.m

Officials said a security company alerted officers after spotting two suspects on surveillance cameras entering a secured, gated property.

EPD officers arrived on scene and detained 20-year-old Cameron J. Gibson as he exited the property.

As they entered the parking lot to search for the second suspect, officers said another man turned himself in to police.

That man was 46-year-old Phillip J. Gibson, the father of Cameron Gibson.

During the investigation, police said they found a large hole in the fence, a large heating coil, a large coil of black insulated copper wire just outside the fence opening and a jacket outside the property with a small piece of copper wire in the pocket.

When asked if he and his son were there to steal items, Phillip allegedly said, “Yeah, I'm not going to lie to you” and made the comment that he “had a family to support.”

Officers said Cameron admitted the jacket was his and told police how they committed the burglary.

Phillip J. Gibson and Cameron J. Gibson were arrested and charged with burglary.

Both men are being held without bail in the Vanderburgh County Jail.

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