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- A serial burglar with a history of theft was arrested again in Salt Lake City.
- Despite serving a yearlong jail sentence in 2023 for multiple criminal cases, the alleged burglar has repeatedly been released and rearrested, often making headlines with his promise to continue stealing upon release.
SALT LAKE CITY — A prolific serial burglar who has promised to keep stealing whenever he is released from jail has been arrested, again.
Anthony Lee Jack, 45, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Monday for investigation of burglary, theft and drug possession. Jack was caught allegedly walking around with a duffle bag from a Salt Lake City office building.
"The contents of the duffle bag include a tablet, cell phone, drone and other miscellaneous items," a police booking affidavit states.
When officers found Jack, he was still wearing the shoes issued to him by the Salt Lake County Jail from his last booking. According to jail records, he was arrested on Sept. 28 for investigation of burglary, having another person's identification documents and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released from jail on Sept. 30.
A police booking affidavit for Jack's Sept. 28 arrest states he was found trespassing in an apartment complex that was under construction near 150 South and 500 East and had two identification cards in his backpack that did not belong to him, one of which was reported stolen in January during another business burglary.
Jack made headlines in 2022 when he broke into an office belonging to the Utah Attorney General's Office at the Heber M. Wells Building. During prior arrests, Jack allegedly made statements to officers that "when he gets out of jail, he will do it again" and "(police) should book everything for safekeeping because he will be right back out and continue to commit the same crimes," according to two different booking affidavits.
On March 13, 2023, a universal resolution was reached in 3rd District Court in 13 of Jack's criminal cases, and he was sentenced to serve one year in the Salt Lake County Jail, according to court records.
But by December, Jack started compiling arrests again, at the University of Utah and, in January, at the Utah Indigent Defense Commission office, 370 E. South Temple.
Prosecutors say Jack's extensive criminal history dates back to 1997.
