Mobile police have arrested a 24-year-old man they say broke into a Pollman’s Bake Shop on Broad Street and walked out with an undisclosed amount of money, then linked him to an open shooting case through court records.
According to the Mobile Police Department, Uylessis Davis, 24, of Mobile, allegedly broke into the Pollman’s Bake Shop on Broad Street on Saturday, Aug. 22, at about 9 p.m. and left with an “undisclosed amount” of U.S. currency.
“Video surveillance showed the subject at the location and leaving with an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency,” MPD said in a statement released Friday morning. “On Thursday, Aug. 27, the subject was located and detained without further incident.”
From surveillance footage to an arrest
Davis was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail at about 2 p.m. Thursday. As of Friday morning, he was still in custody. He has been charged with third-degree burglary and with violating probation — the latter charge indicating he was already under court supervision when the break-in occurred.
Third-degree burglary covers unlawful entry into a building with the intent to commit a crime inside and is a Class C felony under Alabama law. A probation violation is handled separately: instead of a new trial, the probationer faces a hearing where a judge decides whether the conditions of supervision were violated and what the consequence should be, which can include serving a previously suspended sentence.
Business break-ins like this one are typically solved through exactly the kind of evidence police described here. Commercial security cameras record continuously after hours, and a suspect’s image, gait and clothing from the footage give investigators a starting point. Once a suspect is identified, officers locate and detain them — in this case five days after the alleged burglary.
A pending shooting case
According to Mobile County Circuit Court records, Davis is also awaiting trial in a separate and more serious case: he is charged in connection with a January incident in which someone shot into an occupied home. The disposition of that case will proceed on its own track in circuit court, independent of the new burglary charge.
Pollman’s is one of Mobile’s best-known bakeries, a family-run business that has been part of the city’s food scene for decades, and its Broad Street location sits along one of the main commercial corridors running north from downtown. A break-in at a neighborhood institution like that tends to draw attention from nearby business owners, who in recent years have worked with the city on commercial corridor safety along the Broad Street area.
The charges against Davis are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. The case will now move through the Mobile County Municipal Court system for the burglary charge, with the probation violation and the pending circuit court case handled on separate dockets.
Anyone with information about the Pollman’s break-in can contact the Mobile Police Department at 251-208-7211.
