A stolen-load alert in northern Arizona led investigators to roughly $400,000 in recovered cargo across two interstates. Detective Curtis Peery of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received notice that a stolen shipment was traveling through the region. He began searching Interstate 40 and located the suspected trailer. Peery then sent identifying information to the company for verification.
The company confirmed the trailer and alerted Peery to another stolen load near Phoenix. That vehicle was traveling on Interstate 10 while Peery continued preparing his northern Arizona operation. Peery contacted Sgt. Jeffrey Gordon of the Phoenix Police Department and provided information about the second truck. Gordon coordinated with an Arizona state trooper to intercept that vehicle.
The trooper stopped the Interstate 10 truck first near Phoenix. Peery remained focused on the original shipment he had located farther north. Twenty minutes later, his team stopped the Interstate 40 vehicle. The two operations recovered roughly $400,000 in merchandise, according to Peery.
One alert expands into two stops
The investigation began with information about a single stolen shipment moving through northern Arizona. Finding that trailer gave Peery a direct connection with the company tracking its missing freight. Confirmation of the first vehicle produced information about another stolen load. That development expanded the operation beyond Interstate 40…