Jones Trailer Theft Case Headed To Trial
"This may have all started as a political prank, but when the trailer was altered it definitely crossed the line into being a crime." Robert Mitchell, assistant DA in Pottawatomie County
The Apache brand trailer had been altered so it would appear to have been made by a different manufacturer. The trailer's vehicle ID number was changed to match a trailer registered to the city of Tecumseh.
Justin Michael Lewis, 29, has been bound over for trial in the concealment of candidate Gary Jones' campaign trailer last year. Arrainment set for August 29. Lewis was arrested after Tecumseh police found the trailer on his property near Macomb. Lewis is free on bond and faces arraignment on a charge of concealing stolen property on August 29th. The trailer was stolen from a street in Tecumseh, home town of Jones' opponent for auditor and inspector, Jeff McMahan. A source at the City of Tecumseh said that Lewis worked for the city at the time of the theft with Jason McMahan, State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan’s younger brother. The younger McMahan reportedly was dismissed from the city for allegedly threatening another employee shortly after the trailer was discovered. City officials have been mum on Jason McMahan's employment status, but city employees have talked openly about his dismissal and the alleged reason for it. Those allegations apparently will be aired during the trial since Lewis has not been charged with the actual theft of the trailer. The auditor and inspector has denied any involvement in the theft.
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