Published: July 06, 2009 12:05 pm      

Summers pursuit arrests lead to stolen property recoveries in Raleigh County

State Police say two pursuit arrests in Summers County led troopers to recover numerous stolen items in Raleigh County, including weed eaters, chain saws, a large flat screen TV and a computer system.

Trooper 1st Class R.A. Daniel of the Beckley detachment said Chief Deputy James Chellis of the Summers County Sheriff’s Department informed him Saturday of two suspects deputies arrested after a pursuit. Daniel was told both people in custody were suspected in various burglaries in Summers County, and that the stolen property had been transferred to Raleigh County.

Jason Eddie Pittman, 25, of Summers County, and Kelli Denise Tolliver, 31, of Beckley, were charged with three counts of burglary and three counts of grand larceny each, according to previous information from the Summers County Sheriff’s Department.

Daniel said he and Senior Troopers H.D. Stone and M.S. Efird went to a residence on Stoney Avenue in Crab Orchard, where they were given consent to search the premises. Stolen property was found, and confirmed to have come from at least one of the Summers County crimes. This property included various power tools, weed eaters, chain saws, generators, air compressors and jewelry worth about $3,500, total.

Also, troopers recovered a large flat-screen TV from a Shady Spring burglary Stone was investigating, Daniel said.

Daniel said he then traveled to another residence on Bowers Avenue in Mabscott. There, he recovered a computer system also stolen in a Summers County burglary.

The investigation is ongoing, and Daniel said further criminal charges are forthcoming.

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