Tulsa Police arrest teen in serial burglary investigation

Tulsa Police Officers arrested a 17-year-old boy on Monday who's accused in dozens of burglaries over the last couple of months.

Since May 5th, 2025, Detectives with the Tulsa Police Burglary Unit have been investigating a string of burglaries at three different dispensaries near 61st and Yale, 51st and Harvard, and 51st and Yale.

In total, the dispensaries have been burglarized 14 times. In many of the burglaries, the suspect fled on a turquoise moped.

On June 16th, 2025, around 2:45 a.m., Officers responded to the Cash America Pawn near 49th and S. Peoria Ave for a burglary call.

Minutes later, a citizen reported a white male, again on a turquoise moped, breaking into the EZ Pawn at 61st and Peoria.

When Officers arrived at the EZ Pawn, they discovered that the glass front door had been shattered.

Multiple Officers then began searching the area and found the 17-year-old suspect on a moped near 5600 S. Rockford, where he was taken into custody.

The suspect confessed to committing the two burglaries, as well as the dispensary burglaries in the past six weeks. In total, Detectives connected him to 16 burglaries.

Detectives recovered a large amount of stolen items from dispensaries at an apartment where the suspect was staying in East Tulsa.

Detectives believe the suspect may not have been acting alone and that other individuals were involved in the burglaries.

If you have any information about these crimes, please call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS. Callers can remain anonymous. Please reference case 2025-030201.

This is an arrest, not a conviction.