Jim Roberts

PITTSFIELD, IL (WGEM) — Illinois State Police District 20 reported Wednesday morning that they had recovered a stolen truck-tractor and arrested a felon in possession of a firearm.

ISP stated that Jimmy Devons Coe, 38, of Springfield Missouri, was arrested for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and Theft over $10,000.

The incident happened on I-72 near Barry, Illinois at 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday.

ISP reported that Adams County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a stolen truck-tractor from a local business. An Illinois State Trooper located the stolen truck-tractor driving on I-72 near milepost 17 in Pike County.

Coe was taken into custody without incident. Further investigation revealed Coe possessed a loaded .40 caliber handgun inside the stolen truck-tractor.

 



Posted by Illinois State Police District 20 Pittsfield on Wednesday, November 27, 2019

​CHICAGO (WLS) -- A tractor trailer with $40,000 worth of frozen chicken was towed last week away under false pretenses, said the business owner who hired the driver. 

In recent weeks, multiple incidents of vehicles being taken by a predatory towing operation have been reported in Chicago. READ COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WISCONSIN, ​"Ringleaders Sentenced In Massive Interstate Cargo Theft Case" READ MORE....

Fifteen people were arrested in what investigators call an elaborate commercial burglary ring that could affect you the next time you go shopping.
California Highway Patrol investigators served five search warrants across Los Angeles County in late February and recovered half-a-million dollars' worth of stolen goods after stopping a crew of alleged cargo thieves. The thieves allegedly took truckloads of clothing, cosmetics, electronics and more.
The CHP's Cargo Theft Interdiction Program says members of an alleged theft crew would cut holes in the walls of businesses and load vans up with merchandise. Other times they were more brazen, picking up box after box of merchandise in broad daylight and driving away.
Investigators say cargo thefts cost California $2 million per day and $15-25 billion a year nationally. The losses include jobs and sometimes even lives.
The California Department of Insurance says companies that take a loss when their items are stolen will likely pass the cost on to consumers. The CHP says some of the stolen goods were resold at swap meets, where some shoppers may have unwittingly ended up buying those stolen goods.

The Midwest Cargo Security Council is happy to announce the addition of Jeff Clark with 7P to the Board of the Midwest Cargo Security Council

Jeff is the CEO and founder of 7P and  has a very unique background that combines 27 years managing global logistics companies and seven years directly involved in the life sciences industry.
Jeff retired from the freight forwarding industry in 2003 to become part of a nine person team who started BioStorage Technologies a global organization recognized as the benchmark for providing management, logistics, and storage services of biological samples to the life science industry.
He brings a variety of strengths to 7P, including supply chain security, software development, implementation and integration.
Jeff's other expertise includes Good Manufacturing Practices, Food Safety Act, Dangerous Goods transport by ground and air and import and export regulations around the world.  He resides south of Indianapolis and obtained IATA/FIATA certification in 1982.

By Assignment Desk, Fox 5 News
CONNECTSpringfield, Mo. -- (1/26/2018) Five Texas men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing 650 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Springfield en route to Bass Pro Shops.
Frank McChriston, 33, of Ponder, Texas, Keith Lowe, 28, of Dallas, Texas, Quinton Haywood, 26, of Glenn Heights, Texas and Eric White, 26, and Derrick White, 32, both of Texas, were charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield on Wednesday. The federal indictment replaces a criminal complaint that was filed under seal on December 29, 2017. The five co-defendants were arrested in Texas, where they remain in federal custody pending transportation to the Western District of Missouri.
The indictment charges each of the five defendants in one count of aiding and abetting one another to steal firearms being shipped across state lines, from Beretta USA in Maryland to the state of Missouri. The indictment also charges each of the five defendants in one count of aiding and abetting one another to possess stolen firearms.
According to an affidavit filed in support of the original federal criminal complaint, Derrick and Eric White, McChriston, Lowe and Haywood stole 650 firearms, along with other cargo, from UPS trailers in Springfield in October 2017.
The firearms were in the process of being shipped from Beretta Firearms in Maryland to Bass Pro Shops in Springfield. The trailers in which the firearms were shipped had been parked in the UPS freight lot in a configuration to prevent access to the trailer doors, by being parked back-to-back, with the roll-up doors facing each other. The trailers were then blocked by longer trailers, which should have acted as a preventative measure from someone backing a truck-tractor to the trailer and pulling it forward.
Sometime between noon on October 28, 2017, and 8:30 a.m. on October 29, 2017, thieves hot-wired two truck-tractors and used them to push and pull various trailers around the lot, allowing the thieves access to the trailer doors. Thieves stole 600 Beretta .380-caliber handguns and 54 Beretta12-gauge shotguns, as well as an entire pallet of Justin brand boots, numerous power tools and 12 cases of soda. UPS employees discovered the theft on October 29, 2017, and notified law enforcement.
The next day, Best Way Moving & Storage in Springfield discovered that a truck had been stolen sometime after noon on October 28, 2017. On November 8, 2017, the stolen truck was found in Seagoville, Texas, which is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
According to the affidavit, cell phone tower records indicated that the cell phones of Derrick White, Eric White, McChriston, Lowe and Haywood all were in the vicinity of the UPS freight facility in Springfield at or near the time of the theft. Investigators determined that all five cell phones left the Dallas metroplex on October 27, 2017, arrived in Springfield on October 28, 2017, and returned to the Dallas metroplex on October 29, 2017. Haywood’s phone was also in the area where the stolen truck from Best Way Moving was recovered in Seagoville.
Eric and Derrick White were located at Redneck Heaven Restaurant & Bar in Arlington, Texas, on November 19, 2017, and arrested on outstanding warrants from an unrelated case. A Beretta .380-caliber handgun was found in Derrick White’s car as it was being towed; investigators confirmed the firearm had been stolen from the shipment of firearms in the Springfield UPS freight facility. Additional items consistent with those stolen in the UPS theft were located in Derrick White’s vehicle, including a Milwaukee M18 2 Toll Combo Kit, still in the box, and two SOG folding knives, still in the box.
A loaded Taurus 9mm pistol was found in Eric White’s car. Investigators also recovered two sets of bolt cutters and two key rings containing several keys from Eric White’s car. The keys were the type commonly used for tractor trailer trucks and fork lifts, and circular keys common for storage units and vending machines.