Like Hoarders mixed with Cops, sheriff’s officers last week hauled more than 1,000 items believed to be stolen, ranging from vehicles to GI Joe dolls, from a wooded Reavis Road home. Lt. Chris Webb of the Pickens Sheriff’s office said if someone had anything stolen in the past decade, there’s a chance it’s now at the jail overflowing the criminal investigation division conference room and in two covered trailers out back. Detectives say the massive cache of items were stolen from Pickens and surrounding counties and then either traded to homeowner Tony Elbert Merrell, 45, for drugs or he paid for them, knowing they were stolen. “We believe everybody took whatever to him and he either paid them cash for it or traded them drugs,” Webb said. …show more content…
A third arrest is likely coming soon, say investigators. Webb said Pickens Sheriff’s officers and Drug Task Force agents received information earlier this month that Merrell was selling both methamphetamine and pills and also operating a chop shop from his home on Reavis Road in Ball Ground. With a criminal history dating back to 1990, Webb said they used more than 20 officers from the sheriff’s office and Drug Task Force to make the arrest, finding the suspect putting in a basement for a new house on a Bobcat. He was armed with a shotgun and had two pistols and the pills in his pockets. He was arrested without incident with one team of officers getting him in surveillance from the woods, while other officers arrived at the front of the house, Webb said. Webb said information given to them indicated he would be armed and that as many as six other individuals regularly stayed around that house. The detective said they realized quickly they had uncovered what is likely the largest cache of stolen items in the history of this county. He estimated that more than 1,000 stolen items were recovered last week from the home and woods around it, though the dollar value is likely not that great for the numerous odds and
The first stop Harrison and I made was in the industrial area, in-response to a reported theft earlier that morning. After we met the owner, we went out to the back and into a freight trailer where two spools of copper wire were stolen. The investigation involved mostly questioning the owner about the
On 03/05/2017 at approximately 1823 hours I recieved a phone call from Likes, Keith in regards to the theft that had occured.
Upon our arrival we were met by Jerry Thompson, he stated to us that someone had stolen some hand tools and atv wheel and tires from his shop behind his residence. After speaking with Mr. Thompson Sgt. South and I went out to the outside of the shop under a covered parking area and found a yellow in color Can-Am atv on a motorcycle jack without the wheel and tires. After this Mr. Thompson showed us inside of the shop where a tall rolling tool box was and informed us that various hand tools such as socket sets, ratchets and electric impact drivers were taken from. Mr. Thompson also informed us that in the office area inside the shop was a change jar with approximately $20.00 in change was missing and a 30 pack of bud light was missing out of the refrigerator in the office area.
Deputies and agents retrieved a number of items from the house, including a small, digital scale, some white powder, a hookah pipe and a spoon with white residue.
On 01/16/16 I contacted Iwanda Davidson at her residence at 11900 Melissa Lane. Mrs. Davidson said sometime over the past two weeks she has had several items come up missing from her residence including a black Hi-Point 9mm handgun, unknown serial number, valued at $150, a new in the box Poulan Chainsaw, unknown model or serial number, valued at $120, a new in the box Homelite weed eater, unknown model or serial number, valued at $50. Mrs. Davidson said she is missing a PorterCable tool bag which contained a battery operated drill, flashlight, circular saw and reciprocal saw, unknown serial numbers, valued at $250, a new set of sockets, wrenches and other miscellaneous hand tools, valued at $150, two new dead bolts she purchased for her front door to her residence, valued at $30 combined, and a Nokia cellular telephone blue in color with a pink and white case, valued at $30. Mrs. Davidson said that she also had several pieces of jewelry, mostly inexpensive keepsakes and costume jewelry, go missing. Mrs. Davidson said that the jewelry was a gift from her grandmother and that she could not describe any of it aside from one ring which had a dark stone possibly black or purple surrounded by several lab created white/clear gems. Mrs. Davidson said she did not know what the value of the
He was put in Solitary confinement for three years. The government tortured him until he would say that he was guilty, but Kalief Browder stood his ground he kept saying that
“Officer Groome attempted to stop a 2003 Honda Civic on Oliver Avenue in the city of Chesapeake for stolen license plates. Officer Groome activated his lights and siren for the driver to pull over. The driver of the vehicle did not stop, ran multiple stop signs and red lights, and was driving in excess of 80 mph. The driver continued driving through South Norfolk area into the city of Norfolk. The vehicle came to a stop on Reservoir Avenue in the city of Norfolk. The driver was identified as the accused and the passenger got out of the vehicle and ran. The Norfolk police responded to the area with their K9 unit, and the accused was hiding underneath the crawl space of a house. The accused was found in possession of a dime bag of marijuana and the vehicle, property belonging to Paul Brady, which had been reported stolen on 09/26/2015, in the city of Chesapeake. The accused is not a licensed driver. The accused stated that he received this vehicle from a “friend.”
The City of Richland has a new training center, new Dodge Chargers and new a police station which cost $4.1 million. The purchases were paid for with civil forfeitures of assets and money detained through traffic stops of what was claimed to be alleged drug traffickers on Interstate 20. Civil libertarians question the constitutionality of civil forfeiture, which has become a key part of revenue for state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide.Under the laws of many states, citizens can be deprived of their property or even cash if police merely suspect the owners to be involved in criminal involvements. Since 2006, Richland’s four-officer interdiction team has obtained a vast forfeiture numbers. In 2014, the team seized five hundred
Mr. Pridgeon advised sometime between 1200 hours on 05/03/2016, and 0830 hours on 06/07/2016, an unknown suspect stole assorted size pieces of plank siding that was stored unsecured in the front yard along with other building materials at the noted new home construction site.
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“We were tipped by well wishers on the exact time when he does his business in the house and we were able to get him red handed on the act of packing the hard drugs and we arrested him,” Mulinge said.
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Mr. Tarrapino advised sometime between 10/1/2015 and 02/27/2016, an unknown suspect stole three watches out of his packed personal belongings.
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