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Post by billhammond on Feb 17, 2024 15:05:52 GMT -5
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News/Gray News) - A man said he stole a tractor-trailer full of high-end sports cars because he was just released from prison and needed a ride home, according to authorities.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said 23-year-old Isaiah Walker was arrested Thursday on charges of robbery, 11 counts of theft of means of transportation and felony theft.
The sheriff’s office said the incident started at a truck stop in Willcox when Walker, of Oklahoma, approached the driver of the tractor-trailer.
Walker “spoke to the victim about his truckload, lulled him into a sense of security,” then grabbed the driver and threw him from the cab, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
Walker drove off with the truck, which was hauling 10 Chevrolet Corvette C8s. The value of the sports cars is more than $1.25 million, authorities said.
A Cochise County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted the truck and tried to get Walker to pull over.
“The stolen vehicle began driving recklessly which caused (other) vehicles to leave the roadway,” the sheriff’s office said.
Walker later stopped the truck and was arrested by a deputy and a police officer from Willcox.
“Walker admitted to stealing the vehicle and advised that the Corvettes were not the reason and that he needed a truck to get home as he had just been released from prison,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Feb 17, 2024 15:18:18 GMT -5
Sharp as a tack.
Mike
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Post by Dub on Feb 17, 2024 15:32:52 GMT -5
Keep on truckin’.
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Post by david on Feb 17, 2024 18:13:00 GMT -5
Sharp as a tack marble. Mike
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Post by Marshall on Feb 17, 2024 23:06:33 GMT -5
On Rt 41 in Indiana driving south to Evansville every year we pass a (State? Federal?) prison with a high fence and concertina wire over the top. There's a highway sign on the road that says, "Don't Stop to pick up Hitch Hikers."
Duh ?
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Feb 17, 2024 23:59:21 GMT -5
On Rt 41 in Indiana driving south to Evansville every year we pass a (State? Federal?) prison with a high fence and concertina wire over the top. There's a highway sign on the road that says, "Don't Stop to pick up Hitch Hikers." Duh ? That's a federal prison, the one where federal executions are carried out, Timothy McVeigh, etc. Those signs are common around prisons.
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Post by John B on Feb 18, 2024 11:49:14 GMT -5
On Rt 41 in Indiana driving south to Evansville every year we pass a (State? Federal?) prison with a high fence and concertina wire over the top. There's a highway sign on the road that says, "Don't Stop to pick up Hitch Hikers." Duh ? I remember similar signs as a kid near where I grew up - on US 40 between Lawrence and Topeka. Whenever I saw the sign I paid extra attention to people walking by themselves, or heaven forbid thrusting out a thumb for a ride. I never saw any.
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Post by Marty on Feb 18, 2024 13:50:39 GMT -5
I think he just wanted to go back to prison, some people do. For some prison life is simple, organized totally predictable day to day. You don't have to think for yourself for the most part, just do as you're told.
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Post by epaul on Feb 18, 2024 15:13:57 GMT -5
That's what I like about my marriage.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 18, 2024 22:34:03 GMT -5
I think he just wanted to go back to prison, some people do. For some prison life is simple, organized totally predictable day to day. You don't have to think for yourself for the most part, just do as you're told. Yes. Or, the guy is void of any skills that enable anyone to function independently. I'm not inviting a nature or nurture debate, just saying that there are people who don't have the executive skills needed to function without direct and constant supervision.
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Post by Marty on Feb 19, 2024 1:27:56 GMT -5
I think he just wanted to go back to prison, some people do. For some prison life is simple, organized totally predictable day to day. You don't have to think for yourself for the most part, just do as you're told. Yes. Or, the guy is void of any skills that enable anyone to function independently. I'm not inviting a nature or nurture debate, just saying that there are people who don't have the executive skills needed to function without direct and constant supervision. There are cases whereas people have committed a crime right after getting out of prison so they could be sent back
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Post by kbcolorado on Feb 19, 2024 7:52:27 GMT -5
Just can't get that prison mac n cheese anywhere else.
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Post by millring on Feb 19, 2024 8:03:29 GMT -5
It's hard to leave loved ones behind.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 19, 2024 10:21:18 GMT -5
Behind ?
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