Crime Prevention Alert – Thefts of Utility Trailers | 23 August 2010
Three (3) utility trailers have been reported stolen in Clayton over the past three weeks.
- August 4, 2010: a 2008 Shivers flatbed 5' x 8' black utility trailer was stolen from 603 N. Fayetteville St.
- August 8, 2010: an enclosed white 2008 American utility trailer was taken from 1009 Breeze Ln.
- August 20, 2010: an enclosed utility trailer was taken from 242 Pineland Ave.
The trailer from Pineland Ave. was recovered after being abandoned with flat tires on Norris Rd. south of Clayton (photo attached), but some property was stolen from inside. Additionally, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office has received at least a half dozen similar reports of utility trailers being stolen from the area surrounding Clayton within the last thirty days.
Most of the trailers had locks that were removed with a cutting tool before being towed away. Trailer owners are urged to take security precautions to include locking mechanisms and positioning stored trailers so that vehicles, structures, or other obstacles might placed to prohibit access to a towing vehicle. (Although no boat/trailers have been reported stolen recently, owners of such property should take similar security precautions whenever possible.)
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