13 Thousand Dollars Worth of Lawn Equipment Stolen

From WSFA.com

An Elmore County man finds himself at a loss after someone steals thousands of dollars worth of lawn equipment from his Wallsboro business.

After 26 years of fencing in and building his own farmer's and flea market, Tommy Goolsby finds himself at a 13 thousand dollar loss in one day. Goolsby says, "The locks had been cut, and I found my pickup truck had been broken into. It was hooked up to the lawn equipment."

Goolsby says someone stole his utility trailer, riding lawn mower, two weedeaters, and a blower from under a shed March 13th. Goolsby says, "To show up and feel violated like this is just a disheartening feeling."

Feeling the need to catch the burglar, Goolsby did a little investigating of his own. Goolsby says, "It was a long shot." He discovered a customer came into the Kubota dealership in Montgomery four days after his equipment disappeared.

The customer bought a key for a mower, one of his stolen items. Goolsby says, "I'd really like for them to catch who did it. It's not the equipment at this point that I'm worried about as much as it would be to find out who did it."

Goolsby informed the Elmore County Sheriff's office of his findings. Now investigators want to question a man captured on surveillance video in the store.