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Gun owner halts man at his barn
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Captured at gunpoint by the property owner he was trying to rip off, a local man faces a long list of charges for a theft spree that ended suddenly when he was reportedly caught in the act.The suspect, Thomas Allen Willett, 47, is charged with theft, grand theft, auto burglary, burglary, aggravated criminal trespass, and theft over $60,000. He will face hearing Dec. 12.Willett was nabbed in a barn off Old Rock Island Road where lawmen were called after he was captured at gunpoint by the property owner. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found a stolen Jeep which had been filled with items Willett reportedly had planned to steal from the victim’s property.