Man arrested in theft ring case
HENAGAR, Ala. – A Henagar man was arrested Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Tulsa, Okla., on warrants related to an automobile theft/chop shop ring, a news release states.
Phillip Glenn Clanton, 43, is wanted in Jackson County, Ala., for violation of the sex offender community notification act (vacating residence), receiving stolen property first degree, theft of property first degree (four counts) and probation violation.
Clanton is a convicted sex offender after a rape conviction in Jackson County in 2008, the release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said.
He was out on bond for violation of the sex offender community notification act (obscuring driver’s license) and wanted in connection with an automobile theft /chop shop ring operating in Jackson and DeKalb counties in Alabama and in Wilson County, Tenn.
Arrangements are being made to have Clanton extradited to Jackson County.