In correlation to the complaint filed on Caleb Hart, Deputy C.R. Stephens also requested a warrant for 44 year old Julie Spry who Stephens stated that on 3/23/26 at approximately 10:39 p.m. after having been notified by Calhoun Control of a burglary at 2325 South Calhoun Highway. The victim, Michelle Hipp, advised that she had come home and believed she scared off the burglar, as she described a vehicle slow rolling down the road and hearing a door shut on the vehicle before it left the area. In searching the scene, Deputy Stephens observed the back door of the residence to have been forced open, evidenced by tool marks on the door frame. Of the items stolen were approximately $10,000 in cash (money Hipp had been saving to replace her roof, a pink flowered jewelry box full of miscellaneous jewelry (ring band with grandkids name, gold necklaces, bracelets), 2 Kate Spade purses, and a denim blue Coach purse. While processing the scene, / located two distinct foot prints in soft dirt near the back door of the residence. The footprints were photographed and I later confirmed with the homeowner and the tree cutter who had been working that day, that no one had gone in the rear of the residence that day.
On 4/3/26 a search warrant was executed on the residence of Julie Spry, Caleb Hart’s girlfriend/friend with benefits at which time located at her residence was a denim blue Coach purse and a brown Kate Spade bag which were later identified by the victim as property stolen from her residence.
This investigation was a portion of a much larger, multi-agency investigation involving multiple burglaries and grand larcenies involving Caleb Hart and Julie Spry. These investigations detail these two individuals together on multiple occasions within Calhoun County at or near the site of these crimes. In a post-Miranda interview conducted by Sr. Trooper Richards, Hart acknowledged he knew the Hipp sidence was across from the old State Police barracks. Also in a post-Miranda interview conducted by Trooper Raines, Spry admitted to routinely driving Hart around Calhoun County and dropping him off. Spry stated that Hart had given her the Coach and Kate Spade bags, going into Willie’s Ked Barn on multiple occasions, dropping Hart off regularly and picking him up in the area where this burglary occurred. Spry also admitted to driving Hart to numerous pawn shops in Charleston, Marietta, Vienna and Parkersburg. Additionally, Spry stated that Hart had told her recently that he had hit $10,000 on a machine (casino) in Charleston.
On On 4/6/26 a search warrant was executed on Hart’s truck, which he had been arrested out of for possessing stolen property. During the search warrant Stephens located boots in the back seat which matched one set of boot prints behind Hipp’s residence. Also found during that search warrant execution and two others, were a stolen trailer and numerous stolen items from multiple burglaries within Calhoun County.
A warrant was issued and executed for Spry for felony conspiracy to commit burglary and grand larceny with Hart. She too is in the WV Central Regional Jail on a $20,000 bond awaiting a preliminary hearing on July 10, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.
