![]() Working as a team would make the process faster, allowing the thieves to blend in with the endless streams of highway traffic and be gone before the trailer’s rightful driver realized what had hit him.Īt around 5:40 p.m., the men found what they were looking for. ![]() The pair’s combined experience came in handy, as either one of them could hook up to a trailer, crank up the landing gear and connect a few hoses, then drive right off in a matter of minutes. So the men knew it was only a matter of time before they came across an unattached trailer, overlooked in the bustle of a busy truck stop. Truckers sometimes leave their trailers at truck stops or even in parking lots in order to visit a mechanic or drive the cab home for the weekend. They were cruising the truck stops along I-555 for unattended trailers to pick up and steal. Only in this case, they weren’t looking to do it legally. Drivers often have to travel between warehouses and shipping facilities to pick up a new load, and these two men were indeed in search of new cargo to haul. The man driving - a career trucker from Memphis - was accompanied by his nephew, and the pair was bobtailing, meaning their truck wasn’t pulling a trailer. ![]() On May 11, 2013, a semi cab made its way up Interstate 555 from Memphis, Tennessee, northwest to Jonesboro, Arkansas.
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