Evergreen Man Steals CSX Truck, Crashes It In Atmore

February 1, 2011

An Evergreen man is behind bars after stealing a CSX truck and crashing into a utility pole in Atmore.

Leamon Tucker, 50, of Evergreen, Ala., has been charged with theft of property first degree by the Evergreen Police Department and receiving stolen property first degree by the Atmore Police Department.

The Atmore Police Department responded to Second Street about 8:09 Tuesday morning where a CSX truck had collided with a utility pole, snapping it in half.

Atmore officers were met by a CSX worker that explained he was driving his company  vehicle on Highway 31 east of Atmore when saw another CSX truck driving erratically. He said he attempted to contact the truck’s driver by radio, but received no response. He told officers he followed the truck west on Highway 31 until it turned off in Canoe. At that point, the suspect allegedly sped toward the CSX worker’s truck.

The driver of the stolen truck continued west on Highway 31 before turning right on Martin Luther King Drive. The CSX worker said Tucker then jumped out of the truck on Second Street, just before the truck hit the utility pole. Officers were unable to locate the suspect after a brief search of the area.

Minutes after recovering the truck, the Atmore Police Department learned that the truck had been stolen from the Comfort Inn in Evergreen.

About 12:44 Tuesday afternoon, Officer John Powers came in contact with a man matching the suspect’s description walking along Martin Luther King Avenue. Tucker was then taken into custody and transported to the Atmore Police Department were he was identified by two CSX employees that had observed him driving the stolen truck.

Comments

5 Responses to “Evergreen Man Steals CSX Truck, Crashes It In Atmore”

  1. Dave on February 2nd, 2011 3:03 pm

    Perhaps he figured if the truck could steer itself on the tracks,it could steer itself on the road.

  2. t2 on February 2nd, 2011 7:13 am

    lol @ David

  3. uh-oh on February 2nd, 2011 1:38 am

    Crime always catches up to you and you have to pay.

  4. cygie on February 1st, 2011 9:07 pm

    I was behind this truck and thought that some sort of demon had taken over the driver, it was that bad!

  5. David Huie Green on February 1st, 2011 5:05 pm

    note to self: don’t steal anything you don’t know how to drive

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