ANGELINA COUNTY, TX (KTRE) -
Deputies
with the Angelina County Sheriff's Office arrested a 17-year-old Zavalla man
for state-jail felony theft after the owner of a junk yard set up a game camera
on his property and allegedly captured photos of the man stealing parts.
Jordan Waldon is still being held in the Angelina County Jail on a state-jail felony
charge of theft between $1,500 and $20,000 and a misdemeanor charge of no
driver's license. Collectively, his bail has been set at $2,500.
According
to the arrest affidavit, the victim told the Angelina County Sheriff's office
that someone had stolen vehicle parts from his junk yard, which is located at
the intersection of Highway 147 and Bill Stickley Road in Zavalla.
Because
someone had stolen from him on a prior occasion, the victim had set up a game
camera on his property. He captured two images and took the photos to Coleman's
Store in Zavalla. The clerk there identified the unknown white male in the
pictures as Jordan Waldon.
After
speaking with the junk yard owner and the clerk, the ACSO detective drove to
Waldon's house in the 400 block of Zavalla's 2nd Street, the affidavit. When
Waldon answered the door, the ACSO detective told him he had been caught on
camera stealing vehicle parts.
Waldon
allegedly replied that his brother had borrowed his truck. Not buying it, the
detective said that Waldon has been positively identified as the person in the
pictures and asked the 17-year-old where he had taken the metal.
According
to the affidavit, Waldon allegedly told the detective that he took the parts to
East Texas Recycling on U.S. Highway 69 South.
The ACSO
received DVD and a receipt from the scrap yard on March 6.
"I viewed
the DVD, and it clearly shows his yellowish Ford Ranger bringing the vehicle
parts in his truck," the detective said.
The
affidavit stated that the restitution in this case is $3,100.
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Jordan Waldon (Source: Angelina County Jail)
