An alleged serial burglar in Cassville apprehended in December 2022 is now facing 18 felonies and 16 misdemeanors among 13 total cases in Barry County Circuit Court.
Jamison Jump, 20, of Cassville, is facing nine counts of second-degree burglary, three counts of stealing, one count of tampering with a motor vehicle, one count of stealing a motor vehicle, one count of stealing a firearm, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, one count of first-degree property damage and one count of possession of a controlled substance, all felonies. He is also charged with eight counts of misdemeanor stealing, seven counts of misdemeanor second-degree property damage and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jump’s alleged crime spree began as early as the overnight hours of Nov. 6-7, 2022, and continued through his arrest on Dec. 1, 2022, when police allegedly found much of the stolen property at his residence. In that time, he allegedly burglarized 10 businesses and 2 individuals.
A probable cause statement filed by Det. Stuart Lombard, with the Cassville Police Department, said on Nov. 15, officers were dispatched to Geraldi’s on Sale Barn Road for a burglary, finding the northwestern glass window broken. Missing from the restaurant was a cash register, found five days later in a ditch near Highway 37 and Old Exeter Road; $120 in cash, a debit card, and a $100 bluetooth speaker. The speaker was allegedly found in the Dec. 1 search.
On Nov. 21, according to another probable cause statement by Lombard, a pickup truck allegedly stolen on Nov. 6 or 7 was located at Jump’s residence, and witnesses said he was driving the vehicle and removing items from it. Also stolen from the the victim on Gravel Street on Nov. 6 or 7 was a compound bow and approximately 20 knives.
During the Nov. 21 recovery of the pickup, Lombard in another probable cause statement said police located a backpack containing an Xbox One S with two controllers and cables, reported stolen on Oct. 24 from the vehicle of a victim parked at the Family Life Center in Cassville.
Lombard said at that time, Jump was a person of interest and was not arrested.
Jump’s alleged serial business burglaries spiked from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1. The first was Nov. 26 at Flat Creek Realty on Main Street, where he allegedly stole a .22 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, a gold ring, a jewelry box and a bank lock box key. The rifle and ring were allegedly located in the Dec. 1 search.
On Nov. 28, Jump allegedly kicked in the northwest door at Vapor World, also on Main Street, and took $300 from the cash register. Police were able to photograph a shoe print on the damaged door, and surveillance footage from in the store showed a suspect with a face covering, dark green coat and black backpack. The shoes matching the print on the door, as well as the coat and backpack, were allegedly located in the Dec. 1 search.
On Nov. 30, Main Street Laundry on Main Street was found to be burglarized, with the back door forced open interior doors damaged and several keys needed to operate the business missing. Those keys, as well as clothing matching the suspect’s on video, were allegedly found in the Dec. 1 search.
Also on Nov. 30, officers responded to Pyle’s Appliances an More on Main Street, where the front door had been kicked in and two sets of keys belonging to a delivery truck were stolen. Those keys were allegedly found in the Dec. 1 search.
Finally on Nov. 30, officers were dispatched to Pizza Hut, where the southwest door walkin window was broken out. All three cash registers were damaged, two beyond repair, and one monitor was damaged and several network cables were cut. Approximately $361.72 was allegedly stolen from the drive-thru cash drawer, and the damage was estimated to be about $3,000. Officers also located another shoe print on the surface of the metal that matched the print from the Vapor World burglary. Again, those shoes were located in the Dec. 1 search.
The alleged spree finally came to a halt on Dec. 1, but not without more alleged crimes.
At 6:04 a.m. that day, police responded to Tucker Electric on Old Highway 37 for a burglary and stolen vehicle report. The vehicle was a white, single-cab truck with a tool box on the bed.
According to a probable cause statement filed by Deputy Jimmy Pennington, at about 5:33 a.m., a truck later discovered to be Tucker Electric’s, was seen on surveillance video at Quick Cash in Seligman. A pane glass window was shattered, and there was an empty money drawer inside. Surveillance footage did not show the individual outside the truck, but it did show the truck entering from the north, going to Quick Cash, then exiting back northbound on Highway 37.
Cassville police found the truck abandoned in the city park at 8:20 a.m., and another matching shoe print was photographed.
On Dec. 1, authorities also responded to Images Salon on Sale Barn Road, where Jump allegedly entered through the back door and ransacked the business, taking at least $130 and a limited edition Amazon Echo Dot.
They also responded to MFA on Highway 248, where the front door glass was broken and a pair of women’s shoes were allegedly stolen. surveillance showed the suspect walking up to the business from the northwest, the same area where the truck was located later in the day.
Jump was detained on Dec. 1 near Rocky Edmondson Park after being called in as a suspicious person. He was found carrying a black backpack, and he denied authorities consent to search the bag. After being taken into custody on a 24-hour hold, as police had just received the search warrant for his residence, Lombard also obtained a search warrant for the bag. Inside, he allegedly located a pouch with a digital scale, pen barrel, glass smoking pipe and a glass vial containing a crystal-like substance testing positive for methamphetamine.
On Dec. 2, while photographing the shoes allegedly stolen from MFA, Lombard discovered the insoles were missing. Lombard said he contacted a deputy at the Barry County jail, and photos sent back allegedly showed the missing insoles inside the shoes Jump allegedly wore during burglaries, identified by the footprint.
Jump is being held in the Barry County jail on a total of $190,000 in cash-only bonds across 12 cases. Reductions have been denied in earlier- filed cases.
Jump’s next hearings on the cases are set for Thursday in the courtroom of Judge Robert Foulke.
