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Century Man Charged With Grand Theft, Also Wanted In Alabama
October 27, 2011
A Century man is facing a felony charge after allegedly selling a stolen boat and two stolen boat motors as scrap, and he will be extradited to Alabama to face additional charges.
Joshua Duane Griffis, age 24 of North Century Boulevard, is charged with grand theft and was booked into the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $50,000.
On October 11, a resident of Elsie Davis Road in Century reported that during the previous weekend someone had stolen several items from his yard, including three used boat motors, a 14-foot aluminum boat and three Poulan chainsaws.
As part of their investigation, deputies contacted Advanced Environmental Recycling in Flomaton and discovered that on October 8 Griffis sold them an aluminum boat, two used boat motors and a Ford vehicle catalytic converter for $120.44, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
The victim later identified the boat and motors as his property. On October 24, Griffis admitted to deputies during questioning that he was the person that sold the boat and motors to the Flomaton company, according to the arrest report.
Griffis has an outstanding warrant from Escambia County, Ala., for receiving stolen property second degree, according to the Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office.
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4 Responses to “Century Man Charged With Grand Theft, Also Wanted In Alabama”
Shaina,
If Josh could lay off the crack, he might BE a good man, but he STILL owes me for things he stole 6 or 7 YEARS ago!! I don’t see him changing anytime soon.
So, I know this guy pretty well. He’s a good man actually, and has two baby girls! But, oh well. You do the crime; You do the time. Simple as that.
He could have used the boat…caught some fish to eat and some to sell…but you know what…FORREST is right….you cant fix it
You just can’t fix stupid…
The Feds. don’t seem to be very busy around here, so maybe they’ll pick up this case as interstate dealing in stolen property. This way Griffis can get some real prison time instead of probation.