Posted on 05/02/2009 1:24:43 PM PDT by Stoat
1,000 Pounds of Fertilizer Stolen, Police searching for burglars
Clarissa Stephens, Shoals Bureau Reporter
April 30, 2009
Burglars targeted a Tuscumbia business early Thursday morning. What's most alarming is what the thieves took from business. The stolen property is potential dangerous material.
Approximately 1,000 pounds of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken from Greens Keepers on Gann Boulevard in Tuscumbia. The company handles fertilization and weed control for residential and commercial lawns. The owner, John Wagner, says he's been in business for twelve years and nothing like this has ever happened.
"It's very unusual," says Wagner. "It was a very big shock to walk in at 7:00 a.m. and see all this gone."
Sometime early Thursday morning, burglars broke in the business. First, they tried to bust through this glass window in the front of the building. When that didn't work, police say the crooks pried open the side door.
"It appears that 25 to 30 bags of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken off the premises," explains Wagner.
The thieves stacked the bags of fertilizer onto one of the company trucks, attached a trailer to the back, and loaded a lawn mower on it. The crooks also rummaged through the office - grabbing two computers, an iPod, and a cordless phone.
The stolen property is valued at several thousand dollars. For Wagner, that's not the most unsettling part.
"The cost of the fertilizer is not the issue, it's the quantity and the potential for bad guys," explains Wagner. "
Wagner worries that having the large amount of fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to something very dangerous.
"It could potentially be made into a bomb," says Wagner.
Tuscumbia police say as the burglars were driving off, the trailer, lawn mower, and some fertilizer fell off somewhere on King Street. Shortly after that, investigators say the burglars abandoned the truck on Sterling Boulevard.
The truck and trailer were returned to Greens Keepers. Police are still on the hunt for the fertilizer and the people responsible for taking it.
Right now, the Tuscumbia Police Department does not have any suspects and is asking for the public's help to develop some leads. If you have any information about the crime or know where the fertilizer may be, call the Shoals Area CrimeStoppers at (256) 386 - 8685.
Thanks ! I thought I remembered the incident !
General feeling about the March incident was simple “commercial theft”.
And anyone carrying a Bible....gotta nail those violent Baptists, after all.
Seesh, farmers are apply 100 millions pounds of this EVERY DAY this time of year. 1,000 pounds is such a small amount it can hardly be measured.
Sorry, but you are awfully touchy about this.
And it is an important article.
But, it wasn’t GA at post 9, which you continued to send folks to.
So, just let it go.....no problem...
And, just do it the next time.
One of my pet criticisms as well. Where there is a key location that is unmistakable (Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Tucson), no problem; but when it's Oakdale, Decatur, Springfield, or Centerville), it does behoove the poster to do the parenthetical, two-letter state thing.
I'm sorry that I came across as being 'touchy' to you, but you would probably be slightly terse if you kept being repetitively harassed about an issue that you can't do anything about, even if you were so inclined, and the answer to which has been among the keywords from the very start.
Yes, they are 'likely extremist group members' now, aren't they?
Don’t you love Springfield, there’s probably 57 of those in these Obami states!
Indeed....the sort of 'garden' Michelle only wishes that she could 'plant', being someone who didn't respect America prior to the affirmative-action placement of her husband in the White House.....
The price of fertilizer has come down some but if it is anywhere near the price of last year, it was probably some poor farmer.
Wellllll that’s okay. And yes! I probably would too. :-)
But I already knew where it was because I’m from Alabama, and go through that little town often.
And better yet, let’s just put this aside and move on to other things. :-)
I thought it was Alabama from the TV station’s weather...
My first thought was Missouri??? (I’ve actually been to Tuscumbia, MO)
Check Bill Ayres garage.
I would if I could......
Hmmmm....I'm not completely sure about that.....how many members of Congress are there again? :-)
(((snicker))))
Why can’t posters put the state in parenthesis (??) in the title line. example: The Title (GA)
Because everybody knows where Springfield is.
I suppose terrorists could have relatives who might need a mower for their lawns....
But, hopefully, they aren’t bombers!
Let's all pray they aren't.
Perhaps someone is starting a Lawn Mowing business, and needs a good start. I don’t think you harvest Weed with a mower
Oooh it was “high-grade” fertilizer.
That means it wasn’t “cheap s**t”
True, but using the same perspective, how many millions of gallons of gasoline are used in the United States every day, yet I would still be concerned if a single fully-laden gasoline tanker truck were to be stolen.
“”Why can’t posters put the state in parenthesis (??) in the title line. example: The Title (GA)””
Yes - why can’t they?????
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