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Sheriff Contact: John Roach: 313-224-0615
Release Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Sheriff’s deputies recover $100,000 in stolen Tennessee merchandise in Highland Park --- Out of state company used GPS system to track down stolen truck

Sheriff’s Deputies today seized more than $100,000 worth of popcorn and flashlight kits that had been reported stolen earlier this month by companies located in Tennessee and Ohio, said Wayne County Sheriff Warren C. Evans. The items were found inside a warehouse near McNichols and I-75 in Highland Park.

The items were recovered after the Teton Transportation Company of Seymore, TN notified the Sheriff’s Office that it had tracked the location of a stolen tractor trailer to the address. The company had been hauling 30 palettes of microwave popcorn, valued at $76,274, from ConAgra Foods in Marion, OH to a Sam’s Club in North Carolina. The truck had been stolen en route to its location on November 11th.

When deputies arrived at the location today, the tractor-trailer was empty, but the popcorn was inside an adjacent warehouse. Its owner, who said the merchandise belonged to a friend who needed it stored, allowed the deputies inside of the building. Investigators are now trying to contact that individual to interview him.

Also found inside the warehouse were 22 of 24 palettes of Eveready flashlights kits, valued at $33,877, that deputies later found had been reported stolen earlier this month from a rest stop in Virginia.

Sheriff Evans said that his officers are making arrangements for the Eveready Corporation and ConAgra Foods to retrieve their stolen merchandise.

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