THANKS FOR WATCHING WCCO 4
AT SIX.
A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER
FILLED WITH EXPENSIVE TOOLS IS
NOW BACK WITH ITS /RAOEULGT
/RAOEULGT -- RIGHTFUL OWNER.
THE TRAILER WAS STOLEN FROM
A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN
ROSEVILLE.
TURNS OUT THE THIEF TOOK THE
STOLEN TRAILER WITH HIM WHEN HE
WENT TO A COURT HEARING IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND AS
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US, THAT IS
WHEN THIS CASE TOOK A REAL
TURN.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DO
ANYTHING SUCH AS RESPONSIBILITY
-- RESPOND TO A COURT CASE, YOU
HAVE TO GO TO A COURT HOUSE,
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO TOE ALONG
YOUR STOLL -- TOW ALONG YOUR
STOLEN TRAILER.
THAT TRAILER WAS PACKED WITH
AT LEAST $20000 OF STOLEN
TOOLS.
HAULED ALL MY TOOLS, FASTEN
-- FASTENERS, ANYTHING I WOULD
NEED FOR THE JOB SITE,
BASICALLY, EVERYTHING I OWN FOR
MY BUSINESS.
JEFF CURTIS IS THE OWNER.
HE SAID IT WAS ALL LOCKED UP
WHEN HE LEFT ON SUNDAY.
YOU HEAR OF THINGS BEING
STOLEN AND PEOPLE THINGS BEING
TAKEN, AND I TRIED TO DO WHAT I
CAN TO PREVENT THAT, BECAUSE AS
OWNER OF THE COMPANY, I AM
ALWAYS NOT ON THE JOB SITE.
I NEED TO GO TO OTHER SITES
WITH MY TOOLS.
IT WAS ATTACHED TO A FORD
EXPLORER.
POLICE SAY IT APPEARED THE
MAN WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE HAD
DRIVEN IT THERE BECAUSE HE HAD
TO MAKE A COURT APPEARANCE ON
MONDAY.
WOULD -- I WOULD THINK YOU'D
WANT TO SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM
THE STOLEN PROPERTY IF YOU'RE
GOING TO GO OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
EVEN THOUGH POLICE FOUND ALL
OF JEFF'S TOOLS IN THE TRAILER,
HE'S STILL AT A LOSS.
HE BOUGHT ABOUT $7000 WORTH OF
REPLACEMENT SAWS AND DRILLS SO
THAT HE CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON
THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE OAK PARK HEIGHTS POLICE
CHIEF SAYS WHEN THEY WENT TO
FIND THE SUSPECT, HE WAS
ALREADY IN JAIL.
ONCE HE MADE THAT COURT
APPEARANCE HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY BECAUSE THERE WAS A
WARRANT OUT FOR /#4EUZ ARREST
FROM GOODHUE -- GOODHEW COUNTY.
HE SAYS THOUGH HE IS REFUSING
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM
INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THAT
TRAILER THAT WAS ATTACHED TO
