Jul 27, 2021 / 09:43 PM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Police have arrested one person and are looking for up to a dozen more in a train heist in South Memphis Monday afternoon.
Investigators said officers caught 10-12 males in the act, loading large TVs into an SUV and pickup truck in the 700 block of Porter Street.
More than forty 60-inch and 75-inch TV’S were removed from a CSX boxcar. A number of them were found stacked in the treeline near the train.
Police said the suspects left behind their vehicles and their loot when they saw officers coming. However, after a brief foot chase, police took Vincent Brown, 21, into custody. Brown is now facing charges of burglary, theft of property, and evading arrest.