Tornado assists in catching neighborhood thief (Mugshot)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 07/30/2014 08:41 AM
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The destruction left behind after a tornado is devastating - homes destroyed - belongings thrown about for everyone to see, including the items you stole them from your neighbors.
After a tornado ripped through a Tennessee town of Kingsport, neighbors emerging from their homes to survey the damage were surprised to see what was on a neighbor's yard, police and neighbors told ABC News.
"My house was torn up pretty badly, so I was checking things up,” Ed Cleek told ABC News. “Then someone called me and said: ‘Hey, I think that’s your air compressor. You want to take a look?’”
Cleek walked outside, and immediately spotted his bright red air compressor lying in his neighbor’s yard.
“I called the police right away,” Cleek said.
Detectives from the Kingsport Police Department responded and found other stolen items including: a welder, a ratchet, an air hose, and a weed trimmer. All of the items were taken during burglaries on two different occasions on July 26th and July 14th. In all, more than $1,000 in reported stolen items were recovered, according to WJHL.
Jerrod L. Christian, 26, was already in jail on unrelated charges when police charged him with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft.
After a tornado ripped through a Tennessee town of Kingsport, neighbors emerging from their homes to survey the damage were surprised to see what was on a neighbor's yard, police and neighbors told ABC News."My house was torn up pretty badly, so I was checking things up,” Ed Cleek told ABC News. “Then someone called me and said: ‘Hey, I think that’s your air compressor. You want to take a look?’”
Cleek walked outside, and immediately spotted his bright red air compressor lying in his neighbor’s yard.
“I called the police right away,” Cleek said.
Detectives from the Kingsport Police Department responded and found other stolen items including: a welder, a ratchet, an air hose, and a weed trimmer. All of the items were taken during burglaries on two different occasions on July 26th and July 14th. In all, more than $1,000 in reported stolen items were recovered, according to WJHL.
Jerrod L. Christian, 26, was already in jail on unrelated charges when police charged him with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft.
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