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| Gwinnett car dealer target of S.C. prison escapees |
| By ajc.com - Christopher Seward |
| Published: 01/20/2012 |
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Kent Swanson said he had a “bad feeling” shortly after two men left his Lawrenceville dealership to take a pre-owned Pontiac Grand Prix for a spin earlier this week. About 15 minutes after the pair left Monday afternoon, Swanson, owner of Swanson Auto Buying Service in Lawrenceville, said he received a call from one of the men asking whether the car had GPS installed. Swanson said he knew right away that he’d been taken for a ride, and that the two men had gotten away with his $6,000 vehicle, dealer tag and all. “You try to be trustful of people, but it’s getting to where you can’t trust anybody anymore,” Swanson said Thursday. “This is just something where I got caught off guard.” South Carolina authorities identified the car theft suspects as Dameon Simpson, 34, and Kyle William Norris, 26, both escapees from a pre-release work detail outside Florence, S.C. After stealing an SUV at a cannery over the weekend, the two fled to Georgia and on the way stopped at Swanson’s dealership on Buford Drive. S.C. Department of Corrections spokesman Clark Newsom told the AJC that Simpson was convicted of a hit and run in which no one was injured and was due to be released next year. He said Norris’ release was even sooner: within six months. Now both will face new charges and possibly more prison, the spokesman speculated. Swanson, who has been a car dealer for 35 years, said he still couldn’t believe he allowed himself to be duped by the two suspects. Read More. |
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