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More Details On Tice Connection To Billings; Read Arrest Report
August 8, 2009
More details have emerged about the connection between Henry “Cab” Tice and Byrd and Melanie Billings, the Beulah couple shot to death in the their home on July 9.
Tice was arrested Thursday night and charged with grand theft in connection to over $17,000 in worthless checks Tice wrote to the Billings’ family company Worldco Financial Services. He was released on $10,000 bond.
Tice’s arrest report says Byrd Billings stated that he has business dealings with Tice and his Hispanic American Auto Sales. Tice wrote 12 checks totaling $17,342.51 to Worldco that were returned due to non-sufficient funds, according to the report. The checks were payments for vehicles and services conducted through Worldco and Hispanic American Auto Sales.
“Worldco Financial Services has been unable to have Tice make good on the twelve checks and the vehicles consigned to Henry Tice of Hispanic American Auto Sales locations are currently unknown,” the report says.
After his arrest on the grand theft charges Thursday night, Sheriff David Morgan named Tice as a “person of interest” in the murder investigation. The sheriff said Tice and murder suspect Leonard Gonzalez, Jr. had a “father and son relationship” and spoke often.
The Billings family released a statement that said, “We have faith that Sheriff Morgan will be diligent in determining whether there is any connection between Cab Tice and the murders”.
The sheriff also said that Tice admitted when questioned Thursday that Tice had connections to the Mexican mafia. Morgan said he would release further information soon about Tice and his dealings with the Mexican mafia and the car business.
Morgan said Tice had borrowed $50,000 from the Mexican mafia, and that he was still in debt to them. In his dealings with the Mafia, Morgan said Tice would sell cars across the border to be resold in Mexico. The sheriff said the deals were cash, under-the-table.
Click here to read the arrest report (pdf).
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4 Responses to “More Details On Tice Connection To Billings; Read Arrest Report”
CAB TICE AND I WERE BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR MANY YEARS NOT ONLY WERE WE BUSINESS, HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND I LOOKED UP TO HIM HE NOT ONLY HELPED ME WITH PERSONAL ISSUE HE TAUGHT ME GOOD MORALS AND VALUES, I KNOW WITH OUT ANY DOUBT , HE WOULD NOT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING THAT WAS AGIANST THE LAW, HE WAS VERY WELL LIKED AND RESPECTED IN OUR TOWN, MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY , ITS BEEN SOMNETIME SINCE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIM , BUT I HOPE HE SEES THIS AND WILL CONTACT ME I AM HERE FOR HIM AND WILL STAND BEHIND HIM IF HE NEEDS MY SUPPORT
WAYNE RIGBY
WARNER ROBINS GEORGIA
The report was made to Escambia Co on 5/22/08. Gee, I guess that they were just too busy to get to it until now? That strikes the same chord as the part about how the 100 grand IN CASH was in a safe in the house, with the children, instead of a SAFE deposit box at a bank.
I think the Feds, including the IRS and ICE
should be made aware of this discovery.
I totally agree with the Billings family statement. Sheriff Morgan will continue to explore all aspects of this sad case. The citizens of Esc. Cty. should be thanking their GOD for a sheriff that we can believe in. We really needed this for a long time.