About two years ago, George Landry noticed a strange traffic pattern on Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce, a city about 125 miles north of Miami. Dozens of heavy duty trucks rolled past the front of his office every day, a far cry from the family-packed cars that were typical. He didn’t know why.
As the top county administrator of St. Lucie County, a job that carries high stakes in a county of about 400,000, knowing things is a big part of Landry’s job. One day, the U.S. Army veteran and recipient of two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart decided to go back to his roots and leave the office on a reconnaissance mission.
“ If you see the truck on the road, it has a big green container on the back and the truck doesn’t have any markings on it,” said Landry. “So I followed one down and seen it go to the rail yard.”…