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[at-l] Trail Community Commended
- Subject: [at-l] Trail Community Commended
- From: Snodrog5 at aol.com (Snodrog5@aol.com)
- Date: Wed Jan 26 17:18:19 2005
Accused Thief Arrested in Georgia
A 33-year-old Rhode Island man who reportedly used the Trail name ?Saved?
last year has been arrested in rural Georgia on fugitive warrants from Virginia
as a suspect in a series of residential break-ins and car thefts off the A.T.
in Wintergreen, National Park Service (NPS) rangers reported today. Procedures
were being instituted to extradite David Lescoe from Middle, Ga., to
Wintergreen. Federal law-enforcement agents, with many hikers and Trail-town members
calling in leads, had been looking for him on and near the Trail since last
September after two break-ins (including one at the home of an ATC member) were
reported and a stolen automobile was recovered at the A.T. parking area along
the James River. ?Although serious crime is a rare occurrence on the Trail,
it's nice to know that, when a situation like this develops, the Trail community
will join forces with the law-enforcement community to resolve it,? NPS A.T.
Ranger Todd Remaley said, asking that anyone with information on any thefts on
the Trail between June and October and between New York and Georgia call him
at (717) 258-5771.
January 26, 2005
(from the ATC website)