Four arrested in truck theft case
Tawanda Kanhema
Issue date: 9/10/09 Section: News
Local police investigations into the recent string of truck thefts, mostly accompanied by arson, in the Kirksville area have intensified.
Four suspects are being held in custody, and more arrests are anticipated as investigators dig deeper for clues and possible accomplices.
Four men, including Kirksville resident as Anthony Clark, 17, have been arrested in connection with the vehicle thefts and are cooperating with police investigations. Police also arrested Stanley Brown Jr., 19, and Mitch Coady, 18 both from Queen City, Mo.
Clark was charged last week and is accused of collaborating with Eugene Chuites, 21, of Bloomfield, Iowa in the theft of a 2000 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck June 6.
In an interview with the Kirksville Police Department, Chuites supposedly admitted he and Clark stole the Chevrolet and drove it into the Chariton River, ostensibly to dispose of it. The truck, belonging to Buck Bros. Sunnyslope Automotive, is worth an estimated $10,000, According to police. The values of the vehicles involved in the other cases have not yet been disclosed.
Justin Jones, a detective with the Kirksville Police Department involved in these investigations, told the Index that investigations are still underway, and it would take some time for the suspects to go to trial.
"We have a series of cases involving the theft of motor vehicles," Jones said. "There have been at least seven vehicle thefts in the past few months."
Jones declined to confirm whether police were pursuing any particular suspects in the cases but said there were other subjects who have not been charged yet, which could result in new suspects.
Four suspects are being held in custody, and more arrests are anticipated as investigators dig deeper for clues and possible accomplices.
Four men, including Kirksville resident as Anthony Clark, 17, have been arrested in connection with the vehicle thefts and are cooperating with police investigations. Police also arrested Stanley Brown Jr., 19, and Mitch Coady, 18 both from Queen City, Mo.
Clark was charged last week and is accused of collaborating with Eugene Chuites, 21, of Bloomfield, Iowa in the theft of a 2000 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck June 6.
In an interview with the Kirksville Police Department, Chuites supposedly admitted he and Clark stole the Chevrolet and drove it into the Chariton River, ostensibly to dispose of it. The truck, belonging to Buck Bros. Sunnyslope Automotive, is worth an estimated $10,000, According to police. The values of the vehicles involved in the other cases have not yet been disclosed.
Justin Jones, a detective with the Kirksville Police Department involved in these investigations, told the Index that investigations are still underway, and it would take some time for the suspects to go to trial.
"We have a series of cases involving the theft of motor vehicles," Jones said. "There have been at least seven vehicle thefts in the past few months."
Jones declined to confirm whether police were pursuing any particular suspects in the cases but said there were other subjects who have not been charged yet, which could result in new suspects.
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