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Police: Two Sterling businesses broken into Wednesday morning

A man was arrested after he was found fleeing the scene of one of the businesses.
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City of Sterling police car

STERLING, Ill. — A man was arrested Wednesday morning after Sterling Police found evidence of forced entry at two businesses.

Police responded to a commercial burglar alarm at Vegas Slots & Lounge around 4:30 a.m. They found 46-year-old Brent Sisson fleeing the business. Sisson resisted officers during a foot pursuit before he was eventually arrested.

Sisson was charged with two counts of burglary, three counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, one count of possession of burglary tools, one count of obstruction identification and two counts of resisting a peace officer.

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