Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Two Arrested For Farm Equipment Theft

Maryland State Police are investigating the theft of farm equipment from Public Landing Road in Snow Hill this morning.  Police found the trailer with the farm equipment at Allstate Salvage in Westover, where the 36 year old Aaron Poulson (upper left)of Snow Hill and 27 year old Anthony Davis  (l0wer left)of Girdletree were trying to sell the items as scrap.  Both have been arrested and the farm equipment recovered.

NEWS RELEASE:   Theft over $1,000 – Farm Equipment
DATE/TIME OCCURRED; 3/30/2011 @ 10:00 am
LOCATION; 7400 Block of Public Landing Road
Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland
SUSPECT(s); Aaron Patrick Poulson – AA Male 36 yoa
5700 Block of Castle Hill Road
Snow Hill, Worcester County Maryland 21863
Anthony NMN Davis – AA Male 27 yoa
2800 Block of Snow Hill Road
Girdletree, Worcester County Maryland 21863

BRIEF RESUME: On 3/30/2011 @ 10:00 am Troopers of the Maryland State Police received a 911 call regarding a citizen noting a vehicle leaving a residential community with a trailer full of farm equipment.

The caller noted the items might have belonged to the caller. The victim/caller noted the vehicle description and the suspects inside.

Giving the description of the vehicle, the vehicle’s occupants and the equipment on the trailer, the caller/victim responded to the 7400 block of Public Landing Road in Snow Hill Worcester County Maryland where it was noted the items on the trailer indeed were stolen. A police broadcast was announced with the vehicle description as well as the last known direction of travel.

Making several phone calls, the MSP Berlin patrol supervisor and dispatcher learned of the vehicle in question was at the Allstate Salvage in Westover, Somerset County Maryland attempting to “scrap” the items for cash. Requesting assistance from the Maryland State Police – Princess Anne Barrack – Troopers
arrived to the scene and detained Poulson and Davis. Further investigation by Troopers revealed Poulson and Davis had asked to borrow the items from the victim but when the victim refused to allow them to use the items, Poulson and Davis decided to steal them and turn the farm implements in to a scrap yard for
cash. All the items were recovered intact and functioning. Both subjects were brought before a Maryland District Court Commissioner and released pending trial.

Date of Incident: 03/30/2011
Case Number: 11-96-001788
Location of Incident: 7400 block of Public Landing Road, Snow Hill, Worcester County MD

Source; WGMD.comhttp://www.wgmd.com/?p=20960

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Can someone maybe tell us the vehicle description? Was it a newer model pickup silver in color? And are these guys ever known to steal constuction material like that stuff called Hardie board or whatever it is that's like drywall?