A man staying in a camper behind a victim’s residence is the main suspect in an recent automobile theft. According to Sheriff’s reports Monday Sgt. Tommy Miller was dispatched to a Carole Anne Drive residence to take a report for a stolen vehicle. Upon arrival, Sgt Miller was met by Mike Pennington who stated that a guy named Chase was staying in a camper behind his residence. Chase had been remodeling his house and that he met him in Coffee County. Sunday night, Pennington stated that he and Chase and went and rode four wheelers all night and didn’t return home until early Monday morning. After Pennington woke up he noticed that his Ford-F150 and Kawasaki Motorcycle was missing. Chase was missing too. Mr. Pennington told Sgt. Miller that he had overheard Chase talking to his wife about returning home to Ohio. Also to make matters worse the tires on his Nissan Xterra, Jeep Cherokee and Ford Explorer were slashed. Mr. Pennington believes that Chase took his motorcycle and truck and headed back to Ohio. The value of the vehicles is $10,500. Police believe that Chase is back in Ohio by now.
