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; ___ FOR PARTS NEEDED TO REFURBISH THE THIEVES’ VEHICLES. .... - ro . . . Me fee ee . . + ~, . . . ae. nm me ‘ . az : . ta -, é i. bl See . — . : nwa; PAGE Two _— — WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED IN STATE COURT FOR AUTO THEFT; ONE was BY A NON RESIDENT WHICH INVOLVED AN EMPLOYER -EMPLOYEE RELATION - SHIP , AND THE OTHER WAS BY A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD RESIDENT. PROSECUTION WAS DECLINED IN THREE OF THESE CASES, WITH ONE PENDING PROSECUTION. NONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE KNOWN TO BE ENGAGED COMMERCIALLY WITH INDIVIDUALS IN STRIPPING VEHICLES IN GRUNDY COUNTY, TENN. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CAR THEFTS IN COFFEE COUNTY, A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE VEHICLES, AS SET FORTH ABOVE, HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED INTERSTATE. COFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF DAN DANIEL HAS INFORMED THAT HE KNOWS OF NO ORGANIZED CAR THEFT RINGS OPERATING IN COFFEE COUNTY, TENN THE GREAT MAJORITY OF VECHICLES STOLEN IN COFFEE COUNTY ARE TRANSPORTED TO NEARBY GRUNDY COUNTY, TENNESSEF, WHERE THEY ARE STRIPPED AND THE PARTS SOLD. THE SHERIFF STATED THAT IN SOME INSTANCES THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE OF FOLLuston BETWEEN THE THIEVES AND CAR OWNERS TO DEFRAUD INSURANCE COMPANIES. IN OTHER INSTANCES, THE CARS ARE SIMPLY STRIPPED HE SAID CAR THEFTS HAVE DECLINED IN COFFEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS , WHICH HE ATTRIBUTES TO THE END PAGE Two