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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Three Arrested for Stealing Ice Cream Truck in Grand Ridge

Grand Ridge - Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies took three people into custody Friday after allegedly they stole an ice cream truck loaded with $20,000 worth of ice cream. They also are accused of stealing $300 worth of beer, cigarettes and rolling papers from the Handy Mart on State Highway 69 in Grand Ridge.

The incident took place at 1:52 a.m. when a witness notified the sheriff's department that he had seen the three taking items from the store and then leaving in the ice cream truck. Deputies and Marianna Police Officers intercepted the truck on Interstate 10 a short time later. They also found a Chevrolet S-10 pickup the three had abandoned near the store in Grand Ridge.

Arrested were James David McCullers, age 19, of Ponce de Leon, Robert Eugene McCoy, age 25, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Carey Michelle Vymislicky, age 21, of Ponce de Leon.

They were charged with burglary, grand theft and grand theft auto.

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