Posted on 06/20/2002 10:23:56 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Deputies didn't have to go far to recover a stolen vehicle and capture a suspect in its theft -- he drove it right to Bedford County Jail. A 1994 Isuzu Rodeo with a Georgia tag was blocking the drive around the old jail building about 11 a.m. Tuesday. A license check showed the SUV had been stolen in Dalton, Ga.
Larry A. Price, 33, Tullahoma, was inside the jail attempting to schedule an appointment to see an inmate, said Deputy Brian Farris. When Price exited the jail, Farris asked if the Rodeo belonged to him. Price said he had purchased it from his father who owned a Dalton dealership, but was unable to give Farris the name or address of the alleged business or the street address where he said he lived with his father.
Later, "Mr. Price stated he knew the vehicle was stolen and that he was buying it with drugs from some friends...he thought he could come to Tennessee and go back to Georgia if he was 'real careful and nobody would know it was stolen,' " said Farris. Price was charged with theft over $1,000 and re-entered the jail -- this time, as an inmate -- on $10,000 bond.
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