Stalled Truck Leads to Three Arrests

Three people in the Forsyth County Adult Detention Center are cursing their luck after sheriff’s deputies responded to their stalled vehicle but discovered stolen property and tools for committing crimes, NorthFulton.com reports.

The red Jeep Grand Cherokee occupied by Jeffery Thomas, Trina Sosebee, and Nerene Elliot broke down on Ga. 400 just north of Browns Bridge Road on July 27. Deputies soon noticed the stalled vehicle and tried to assist what they thought were motorists in distress. The female driver of the truck admitted that it had been stolen, but claimed she was the rightful owner and had recovered “her” vehicle.

Deputies noticed several boxes in the back of the truck, which the woman nervously described as being for a portable awning. Suspecting something was afoot, deputies put all three occupants of the vehicle in patrol cars. The driver admitted she had knives in her front pockets and was searched, whereupon deputies discovered the top of a cut-off padlock in one of her pockets.

Upon searching through the boxes in the back of the Jeep, deputies discovered shutters and window frames instead of portable awnings. Deputies also found bolt cutters, gas cans, and maintenance records for a van belonging to a company in Alpharetta.

The trio inside the car were arrested and charged with theft by taking and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.

Later on, deputies visited Sunsetters, the Alpharetta company in question with photographs of the allegedly stolen items in hand. They compared the photos with Sunsetters’ inventory and confirmed the goods had come from that business.