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Semi theft biggest in Wapak history |
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
By KAREN CAMPBELL
Staff Writer
A semi-trailer loaded with parts was stolen sometime Sunday from the Travel America truck stop in what the Wapakoneta Police chief says may be the biggest theft in the history of the city.
The semi-trailer, which was parked at the location on Bellefontaine Street sometime Saturday afternoon, was supposed to be there for less than 24 hours when the driver went to retrieve it Sunday at 3:35 p.m. and found it missing, according to a report.
The unlocked truck from Topline Express of Lima was filled with $500,000 worth of trailer parts, Wapakoneta Police Chief Dave Webb said.
Webb said the driver parked the truck between the truck stop and Knights Inn and informed an attendent at Knights Inn what he was doing and how long the truck would be there.
“No one saw anything or knows anything about what happened,” Webb said.
The white truck with blue and green lettering will probably be found at some point, said Webb, who said the city has not experienced a theft of a truck like this in a long time.
“It will eventually turn up, but it will probably be empty,” Webb said. “That’s how it always goes.”
The truck’s information was entered into statewide and national databases, but it has not yet been located. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 October 2008 )
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