Police arrested three men who they say admitted to stealing air-conditioning units from the top floor of a hotel on Alabama Highway that had been struck by the April tornado.
Andrew Thomason, 19, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., Trevor Dennison, 19, of Ringgold, and Micheal Muse, 49, also of Tunnel Hill, were charged with burglary after police caught men hauling AC units in the back of a truck Sunday night, an incident report states.
A Ringgold police officer caught the men driving out of the abandoned Quality Inn and asked them who had given them permission to take the units loaded in the truck bed, the report states.
Thomason, who was driving the truck, told the officer he couldn’t remember the person’s name, but he could call his mom to find out, the report states. But when his mother didn’t know the name either, the officer questioned Thomason again and he admitted he was “just trying to make some money,” according to the report.
Thomason and his two passengers, Dennison and Muse, were arrested and taken to the Catoosa County Jail.
The Quality Inn owner confirmed that all the air conditioning units from the top level of the hotel had been taken, but police found only nine in the suspects’ truck, the incident report said.
Joy Lukachick is a crime reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Since 2009, she's covered breaking news, high-profile trials, stories of lost lives and of regained hope and done investigative work. Raised near the Bayou, Joy’s hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille. When Joy isn't chasing down ...
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Actually, Lib4, number 3, Thomason, has the look of a cronic meth user. That's NOT acne.
They do have meth faces. Yuck. Michael Muse doesn't look like he lives up to his last name.
Hang em high, just like they did in the old days. Society has no use for these low-life scumbags!!!! Unfortunately, they'll be out soon, only to commit the same types of crimes over, and over, and over again!!!
These crackheads have likely never been more than 40 miles from their birthplace. Give them all one-way tickets: one to Saskatchewan, one to Nome, Alaska, and one to Haiti. That will increase the odds of their rehabilitation.
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