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| Work release inmates accused of stealing |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/18/2005 |
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At least three inmates in a Ga. work release program are suspected of being involved in a tractor trailer theft ring. The inmates are believed to have helped steal several tractor-trailers containing $750,000 worth of items such as beef stew, shoes and tires. One of the inmates is believed to have driven a stolen truck to the old Clayton County jail in Lovejoy where the work release prisoners used to be housed, Clayton County Police Detective Thomas Martin said. Arrest warrants on charges of theft by have been issued for Greg Holden, Sr., the man Martin said was recruiting other prisoners from the work release program to help him steal trailers full of goods from a storage lot. "He was telling them what he wanted them to do," Martin said. Two trailers of items have been recovered at Holden's company, Holden Trucking in DeKalb County. There, authorities arrested Sylvester Baisden, who is in the work release program, after they caught him driving a truck owned by Holden and towing a stolen trailer. In addition to the theft warrant, a warrant has been issued for Holden charging him with escape because he has not reported back to the program. Holden has served a five-year sentence in federal prison on a similar charge of stealing trailers and may be trying to work for another trucking company, Martin said. One of the three inmates is cooperating with authorities. The third inmate, whose name has not been released, is also being sought, Martin said. Prisoners in the work release program are allowed to go to their jobs during the day but must report to jail in the evening or, in some cases, on weekends, Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill said. The sheriff's office makes periodic checks on the prisoners to make sure they are employed and they did verify that Holden owned a trucking company and was supposedly going there during the day. "We had no way to know if he was stealing trailers," Hill said. Hill said the inmates in the program are allowed to drive their own vehicles to report to jail and deputies would not have reason to be suspicious of Holden's truck, especially since they knew he owned a trucking company. |
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