ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008, A RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON STREET IN JACKSONPORT
CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ABOUT HIS BOAT BEING STOLEN FROM HIS
RESIDENCE. ON SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008, INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT MADE CONTACT
WITH THE OWNER OF THE BOAT AT A LOCAL SCRAP YARD. AT THAT TIME THE OWNER
IDENTIFIED THE BOAT AS BEING HIS PROPERTY AND STATED THAT THE BOAT WAS WORTH
APPROXIMATELY $250.00. INVESTIGATOR PLATT THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE
EMPLOYEES OF THE BUSINESS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ZACHARY ANDERSON OF
NEWPORT HAD SOLD THE BOAT TO THE BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008. AT THAT
TIME, IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ALUMINUM BOATS AT
THE BUSINESS.
ON MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT TWO
(2) ALUMINUM BOATS THAT HAD JUST BEEN SOLD AT A DIFFERENT LOCAL SCRAP YARD.
CHIEF DEPUTY CHARLES VAUGHN, LIEUTENANT JAMES "MICKEY" BROCK AND
INVESTIGATOR RICKEY MORALES RESPONDED TO THE CALL. UPON ARRIVING IN THE
AREA OF THE BUSINESS, INVESTIGATOR MORALES STOPPED A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY
ZACHARY ANDERSON OF NEWPORT. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WAS
THE PERSON THAT HAD SOLD THE ALUMINUM BOATS AT THE SCRAP YARD. UPON
CHECKING THE NUMBERS ON THE BOATS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BOATS
BELONGED TO A RESIDENT ON MCLAIN STREET IN NEWPORT. INVESTIGATOR DAVID
PLATT WENT TO THE LOCATION ON MCLAIN STREET AND SPOKE WITH THE OWNER. THE
OWNER THEN CHECKED WHERE THE BOAT HAD BEEN STORED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT
THE BOAT HAD BEEN TAKEN SOMETIME THAT SAME MORNING. THE OWNER STATED THAT
HIS BOAT WAS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $400.00 TO $500.00.
ON MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008, A RESIDENT OF JACKSONPORT CAME INTO THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT AND REPORTED THAT SOMETIME ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008, HIS ALUMINUM
BOAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM A RESIDENCE IN JACKSONPORT. THE OWNER STATED THAT
THE BOAT WAS STOLEN SOMETIME WHILE THEY WERE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE. THE
BOAT WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $200.00 BY THE OWNER.
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008, A RESIDENT ON HINES STREET IN NEWPORT CONTACTED
INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT IN REFERENCE TO A REPORT THAT HE HAD FILED ON HIS
BOAT BEING STOLEN RECENTLY. THE OWNER WENT TO THE SAME SCRAP YARD AND
IDENTIFIED THE BOAT AS BEING HIS PROPERTY. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE BOAT
WAS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $500.00.
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008, ZACHARY ANDERSON APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT
COURT ON CHARGES OF TWO (2) COUNTS OF THEFT OF PROPERTY. HIS BOND WAS SET
AT $ 1,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. |