DADE COUNTY, Ga. — Multiple police agencies have linked one truck to a ring of thefts around Georgia.
Beginning in early September, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the Trenton Police Department started getting reports of storage units being burglarized in the Piney Area.
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Video from TPD showed a truck that was used in one of the burglaries.
Investigators later saw a post on social media of a stolen trailer posted by Summerville police, which appeared to involve the same suspect vehicle that burglarized a DCSO storage unit.
Investigators said they spoke with Summerville investigators about the theft and determined that the trucks posted online were the same as the ones involved in both agencies thefts.
Dade County Investigators reached out to all surrounding counties, hoping to identify the vehicle. Rainsville police they had a possible owner for the truck. After learning who the owner of the truck was, Summerville investigators learned that the truck was stopped by Fort Oglethorpe police, shortly after Summerville‘s trailer was stolen, and on the same day of Dade and Trenton’s storage unit burglaries.
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Fort Oglethorpe police identified all the occupants of the vehicle on their traffic stop:
- Tammy Walters, 49
- Kristie Cobb, 25
- Jake Carter, 25
All three were arrested in Alabama. Dade County Sheriff’s Office, Trenton police, Summerville police, Trion police, and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence in Tennessee and located a stolen trailer and a stolen four wheeler.
Investigators said the suspects have been linked to thefts in Dade County, Trenton, Summerville, Ringgold, Chickamauga, Fort Payne Alabama, DeKalb County, Alabama, Rainsville, Alabama, and Albertville, Alabama.
The investigation is ongoing.
“I want to thank all the agencies that were involved in taking down this multi-state theft ring. Without the teamwork that went in this investigation, their arrest wouldn’t have been possible,” Sheriff Ray Cross said.
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