Century Woman Charged With Selling Stolen 18-Wheeler Rims For Scrap

December 16, 2014

A Century woman is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly selling stolen aluminum commercial 18-wheeler truck rims at a Pensacola recycling facility.

Madeline Hope Johnson, age 32 of Old Flomaton Road, was charged with three felony counts of knowingly providing false ownership to a secondhand metals recycler and three felony counts of dealing in stolen property.

She allegedly sold 10 rims during three different trips to Wise Recycling, each worth $200 to $300, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report. Johnson told deputies that she was requested by Charles Allen Aplin to take him and the rims to the recycling business. Surveillance video shows Johnson unloading the rims and rolling them over to a set of scales to  be weighed for scrap.

She told deputies that the Rims belonged to Aplin. According to deputies, Johnson was living adjacent to a trucking company that reported 16 rims stolen, 10 of which were identified as those recycled by Johnson, the report states.

Alpin, 46, was charged last month with grand theft and dealing in stolen property. He remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond due to an outstanding failure to appear warrant. Johnson is being held in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10,000.

Comments

3 Responses to “Century Woman Charged With Selling Stolen 18-Wheeler Rims For Scrap”

  1. jeeperman on December 16th, 2014 2:20 pm

    $200 to $300 per rim?
    Either scrap prices are higher or truck rims are way heavier than I ever imagined.

  2. Oversight on December 16th, 2014 1:48 pm

    EZ money!

  3. cygie on December 16th, 2014 10:03 am

    “According to deputies, Johnson was living adjacent to a trucking company that reported 16 rims stolen.” No reason a thief should have to travel very far to commit a crime.

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