A truck driver said he was robbed in the parking lot of the T/A Truck Stop, Highway 441, Commerce, last week, according to an incident report filed at the Banks County Sheriff's Office.
A 46-year-old male truck driver stated that he was sitting in the cab of his tractor-trailer when a white male knocked on the cab and told him that someone had hit his trailer in the back, Sheriff Charles Chapman said.
Chapman said the alleged victim stated he exited his cab and went to the rear of his trailer and was approached by three other white males.
“The complainant stated they asked him if he had any money and he said yes,” Chapman said. “The complainant then stated that the males said to him, ‘I bet you don’t have any money,’ and then the complainant pulled his wallet out to show them he did have money and he stated that the males grabbed his money out of the wallet and ran off,” Chapman said. The amount of money in the wallet was reported to be $1,000.
The complainant told the deputy that the males ran across the road and then left in a van with an out-of-state license plate on it.
"The complainant told the deputy that the males ran across the road and then left in a van with an out-of-state license plate on it."
As I read it, this happened at 441 at I85. So there are some real issues here.
First off, with the amount of traffic on 441 at any time is dangerous for one person to cross, much less four men at the same time, and running too. If they did cross in that traffic, surely there were some witnesses (that almost hit those men)that could provide better or more information.
Also, the truck driver states the tag on the getaway vehicle was out of state. Would think it doubtful to be able to even see, much less tell from across about six lanes of traffic and through cars and trucks that the van had out of state tags.