JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) assisted in the recovery of a farm truck in Claiborne County, which led to the recovery of a tow truck stolen in Florida.

On July 27, 2024, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a stolen 2002 Ford F350 farm truck with a fuel tank. MALTB agents received additional information on July 29, 2024, that stated that a Kubota tractor was damaged during the theft of the farm truck.

Claiborne County Sheriff Edward Goods advised MALTB investigators about the truck’s possible location after several suspects had been identified. A search of that location recovered the truck abandoned on a rural county road near the Claiborne County and Jefferson County line. According to investigators, the inside of the truck had been set on fire by the suspects.

During the investigation of the stolen farm truck, a MALTB investigator spotted a grey 2022 Ford F-550 tow truck with no tag traveling along a street in Port Gibson that matched the description of a stolen out of state vehicle. The agent initiated a traffic stop assisted by Goods.

Upon further investigation, authorities determined that the truck was a 2022 Ford F-350 tow truck that had been reported stolen by the Santa Rosa County Florida Sheriff’s Office on July 18, 2024.

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