WZQZ reported last week about three Alabama residents who were arrested for a string of thefts that stretched from Northeast Alabama to Northwest Georgia. The three suspects are now in jail in Georgia and will be facing charges from multiple jurisdictions.
The three suspects are Rainsville, Alabama residents identified as twenty-five-year-old Jason Carter, twenty-five-year-old Kristie Cobb and forty-nine-year-old Tammy Walters. The three were arrested at a Kirk Road, Rainsville, Alabama residence by Rainsville, Alabama police on charges from the Summerville Police Department here in Chattooga County.
Rainsville Police coordinated the operation with the Fort Payne Police Department as well as police departments in Summerville, Trenton and Trion, Georgia; the Dade County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office; and Lookout Mountain (Georgia) Judicial Circuit Task Force.
The Rainsville department said a truck used for the thefts was found at a residence in the 700 block of DeKalb County Road 311 in the Peeks Corner community. investigators then found a stolen trailer and four-wheeler in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
The Rainsville Police Department said all three suspects have been linked to thefts in Albertville, DeKalb County, Fort Payne and Rainsville in Alabama; and Chickamauga, Dade County, Ringgold, Summerville and Trenton in Georgia.
According to the Fort Payne Police Department:
- Carter and Cobb both were charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft of property, two counts of criminal mischief, and possession of burglar tools.
- Walters was charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft of property, and two counts of criminal mischief.
- They’ve been extradited from Rainsville to Georgia and are expected to face more charges.
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