Men arrested with gun, crowbar, gloves

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A pumped up presence paid off for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office with the arrest of two men early Wednesday morning.

In light of a rash of car break-ins in the Semmes area, deputies beefed up patrols. Around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday a deputy spotted two 20-year-olds riding around in a car.

"The deputy watched them for a while and they made a violation so he pulled the car over," said Lori Myles with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy said the men stopped at every driveway along Broughton Rd. near Mary G. Montgomery High School.

Myles said what deputies found inside the car was disturbing.

"Found a crowbar, gloves, dark clothing, pipe with residue, small baggies and most importantly a .22 caliber gun," said Myles.

The deputy arrested 24-year-old David Achenbach and 22-year-old Robert McKeough charged them with drug possession.

Achenbach was also charged with carrying a pistol without a permit and a probation violation; he is still being held. McKeough has been released on bond.

A check of Mobile Metro jail records show both have criminal records dating back to 2005 and 2008.

Deputies are looking into whether the pair is behind a string of car burglaries in the Semmes area.

In those cases, credit cards were stolen from locked and unlocked cars after 1 a.m. and often used before the owners knew they were missing.

McKeough was charged with using a stolen credit card and breaking into a vehicle in the past.

This is just the latest incident in a string of crimes in the Semmes area.

Tuesday, Phillip Gaines was arrested for robbing four people at gunpoint outside the Beef O'Brady's in Semmes.

Last week, two people were stabbed in that same parking lot in Semmes as they came to the aid of a self-proclaimed evangelist who was allegedly being harassed.

People living in the Semmes area are fed up with the crime and believe drugs are to blame.

"If you do something about drugs, it will help. Crystal meth is a big problem. Our county is being overrun with drugs these days," said Kenny Mosley. "They need to do something."

Myles said drugs are behind a lot of crime because people need a way to support their habit.

In this case, deputies don't know for sure if drugs were behind it — but they do know being alert paid off.