ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008, THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT WELL PIPE BEING STOLEN OFF OF FLAG SLOUGH ROAD IN POINSETT COUNTY. ALSO, THAT THE VEHICLE SEEN WITH THE PIPE WAS A BROWN DODGE PICKUP AND THAT IT HAD TURNED ONTO HIGHWAY 214 AND WAS TRAVELING TOWARD GRUBBS.
CHIEF DEPUTY CHARLES VAUGHN AND INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT THEN BEGAN CHECKING THE LOCAL SCRAP YARDS AND LOCATED THE VEHICLE AT ONE OF THE LOCAL SCRAP YARDS. THE OFFICERS THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING JASON K. FOSTER OF GRUBBS AND BENNY E.F. ADAMS OF GRUBBS. WHEN THE OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE TWO, THE PIPE HAD JUST BEEN UNLOADED FROM THE TRUCK. INVESTIGATOR PLATT THEN OBTAINED THE TICKET ON THE LOAD AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,080 POUNDS OF PIPE IN FOUR SECTIONS.
ADAMS WAS INTERVIEWED AT THE SCENE AND ADMITTED TO STEALING THE PIPE. BOTH ADAMS AND FOSTER WERE ESCORTED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WERE INCARCERATED. THE POINSETT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND CAME TO JACKSON COUNTY AND TOOK ADAMS AND FOSTER INTO CUSTODY. INVESTIGATOR JOEY MARTIN FROM POINSETT COUNTY CONTACTED INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT LATER AND ADVISED THAT BOTH ADAMS AND FOSTER WOULD BE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF PROPERTY.