Police arrested a Rhode Island man who allegedly stole three town-owned snowplows just before a major blizzard was set to hit the area. Perhaps he was just looking to make a few extra bucks.
Considering much of Rhode Island is currently under a blizzard warning, acquiring a few snow plows probably wasn’t a bad idea. What was a bad idea was allegedly taking them from the city of Johnston, Rhode Island’s Parks and Recreation Department, without permission.
An even worse idea was allegedly stealing the three town-owned snow plows from a Parks and Recreation Department with surveillance cameras. Because all police had to do was watch the surveillance video to see a ChevroletSilverado arriving at the location at 1:04 a.m. last Wednesday.
WJAR Newsobtained video showing two men dressed in dark clothing attaching a snow plow to their truck, then leaving. Then, at 1:49 a.m. and again at 2:42 a.m., the same suspects returned and stole two more of the town’s snow plows.
This might have been one of the easiest cases to solve in the history of crime
Police then tracked the truck to a home. It didn’t take them long to crack the case. The Silverado in the video was parked outside the home with one of the stolen snow plows attached. Officers with warrants then found the other two stolen plows in the man’s garage.
Officers arrested the man and charged him with three felony counts of receiving stolen goods. Johnston Police Chief Mark Vieira said the suspect didn’t provide police with a reason for taking the snow plows…