May 24, 2013
A joint investigation by the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) and the Pike County District Attorney’s Office has resulted in an arrest for theft of a 1995 logging trailer valued at $10,000.
John David Mills, Jr., aged 36 of Goshen, was charged with Theft in the First Degree. Mills was released from the Pike County Jail on $5,000 bond. Theft of Property, First Degree, is a Class B felony which, if convicted, carries a jail sentence of 2-20 years and/or a fine up to $30,000.
The Alabama Forestry Commission says forestry-related crimes generate losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to landowners, the timber industry, and Alabama’s economy. The AFC provides a Wildland Arson/Forest Crimes Hotline so that citizens can call and report theft of timber, vandalism or theft of harvesting equipment, or wildland arson. This toll-free number is (800) 222-2927. Any information provided is confidential and the caller remains anonymous.
