A tornado that swept through a town also cleaned up its crime figures.<\/p>\n
Property stolen from gardens in the past was redistributed by Mother Nature and landed a neighbour in court charged with theft.<\/p>\n
The tornado swept through Kingsport, Tennessee,\u00a0damaging homes and throwing goods from Jerrod Christian’s home into his garden. But many of them had been previously reported stolen by his neighbours.<\/p>\n
Since the tornado hit the town of Kingsport on Sunday, Christian has been charged with two burglaries and two thefts<\/p>\n
Ed Cleek was among the neighbours emerging from their homes to survey the damage and\u00a0 was surprised by what he saw in Christian’s garden.<\/p>\n
He told ABC News: “My house was torn up pretty badly, so I was checking things up. Then someone called me and said: \u2018Hey, I think that\u2019s your air compressor. You want to take a look?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Cleek walked outside, and immediately spotted his bright red air compressor lying in his neighbour\u2019s yard. “I called the police right away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Officer Thomas Patton, of the Kingsport Police Dept, said: “We also discovered a welder which belonged to Mr. Cleek as well. There was also a ratchet, an air hose and a weed trimmer that had been stolen from other neighbours”<\/p>\n
Mr Cleek said it was no accident that his air compressor was in Christian’s yard after missing for a while: \u201cMy air compressor was locked up in a barn… I kind of had suspicions, but you can\u2019t just accuse people without proof.”<\/p>\n
Bizarrely, Christian was behind bars when the tornado struck.<\/p>\n
He had been arrested for disorderly conduct when he became belligerent and disruptive after his girlfriend accused him of taking her van without permission.<\/p>\n
A tornado that swept through a town also cleaned up its crime figures. Property stolen from gardens in the past was redistributed by Mother Nature and landed a neighbour in court charged with theft. The tornado swept through Kingsport, Tennessee,\u00a0damaging homes and throwing goods from Jerrod Christian’s home into his garden. But many of them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":36027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1894,7,1895],"yoast_head":"\n