Crime & Safety
Grand Jury: Wexford Car Salesman Stole Trucks, Sold Them to Suspected Drug Dealers
A statewide grand jury recommended the criminal charges Tuesday.
A salesman at Schults Ford, located at 10401 Perry Highway in Wexford, is charged with stealing trucks from the dealership and selling them for $7,500 apiece to suspected drug dealers.
The office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced the charges Tuesday against Perry Brown, 52, of Natrona Heights.
According to a statewide grand jury, agents conducting an investigation of drug trafficking rings in western Pennsylvania noticed a number of drug suspects all driving vehicles from the same Ford dealership, Schults, in Wexford.
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The grand jury also charges Brown with selling stolen Pennsylvania state inspection stickers.
Brown is accused of offering to sell undercover agents a set of 30 stickers, each set good for one year, for $1,200.
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Last summer, the attorney general's office said undercover agents arranged to buy a new $41,000 truck from Brown for $7,500, the AG said.
After the deal was made, Brown agreed to sell two more trucks, and he was taken into custody when he arrived to deliver the vehicles.
During a search of Brown's home, the Attorney General's office said agents found 250 state inspection stickers and 200 emission stickers, as well as a certificate of authenticity for a diamond ring that had been reported from a safe inside Shults Ford.
Brown has been charged with receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking and criminal use of a communication facility. He has a preliminary hearing on July 10.
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