Grant County Man Buys Stolen Truck on Facebook–Whoops!

The suspect’s ruse might have fooled some people, but what did him in was the stolen vehicle report.

Grant County Man Jailed for Truck, Possible Other Vehicle Theft

Friday afternoon, Oct. 23rd. GCSO Deputies responded to a call about a stolen truck, it was taken around 6:30 PM.

The rig would be hard to miss, it was a 2004 Ford F-350, one-ton rig. Not long afterward, sharp-eye deputies spotted it  in the area not from from 2000 block of Road L Northeast–where it was stolen.

Deputies Stopped a Tow Vehicle and Trailer

Officers located the truck on a trailer, and stopped the tow vehicle. The driver told Deputies he’d just bought the vehicle on Facebook Marketplace, and the seller was riding with him in the cab…

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