11.01.2007
That’s a lot of stolen candy
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This culprit must have really wanted to “butter” up to the trick-or-treaters or he wanted to be prepared for Halloween for years and years to come.
Gregory Allen Brooks, 35, of Smith Hill Road in Marion reported Monday that someone stole a semi-trailer from the parking lot of the Marion Travel Plaza on Sugar Hill Road. It was loaded with 30,000 pounds of butterscotch candy.
The trailer was taken sometime between 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 5:30 a.m. Monday.
Capt. Dudley Greene of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said Brooks parked the trailer at the truck stop temporarily and drove the tractor part of his rig home. He added that either a suspect purposely stole the trailer or another trucker accidentally got the wrong one.
The trailer, owned by Big G Express of Shelbyville, Tenn., was valued at $50,000, and the candy was worth $40,000.
Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office at 828-652-4000 or McDowell County Crimestoppers at 65-CRIME. With Crimestoppers, your identity remains anonymous, and you could receive a cash reward.