[StBernard] Violet man arrested in connection with stolen items

[Westley Annis]

Violet man arrested in connection with stolen items
By The Times-Picayune 
May 27, 2010, 11:34AM
A Violet man has been arrested for possession of a $60,000 stolen
triple-axle dump truck found near his residence May 14. The truck was part
of a much larger haul of stolen equipment and vehicles, the St. Bernard
Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Branden Angelety, 29, 6319 Louis Elam Drive, was booked Tuesday with one
count of possession of stolen property, a 2004 Kenworth dump truck reported
stolen in Kenner in August 2009. The truck now has a new paint job, the
Sheriff's Office said.

Chief Deputy James Pohlmann said detectives developed information that
Angelety was in possession of the truck and had gotten it re-painted.
Angelety denied being involved. He was released from custody after posting
$10,000 bond, the Sheriff's Office said.

An investigation is continuing into the other stolen items. which
authorities found the same day at the same site. Pohlmann said the area
appeared to a place for chopping up stolen vehicles and storing property
until there was a buyer. Authorities said the stolen property, including the
dump truck, is worth more than $100,000.

Pohlmann said the items were found on a street that backed up to a wooded
area near the Violet Canal. Included were two front-end loaders, several
trailers, a 300-gallon fuel tank and a 2006 Dodge Magnum station wagon
reported stolen in New Orleans in 2009 that was missing engine parts.

Pohlmann said some property, such as the large dump truck, was found along
one side of Canal Street, a cross street off East St. Bernard Highway which
backs up to the wooded area about a block east of the Violet Canal and also
intersects First Street. 

Some items were found in the wooded area off the street. A recovered trailer
containing a front-end loader and a 300-gallon fuel tank were reported
stolen the morning of May 14 from a construction site at St. Bernard Middle
School, Pohlmann said.

The stolen items were found when deputies looked into a tip about a stolen
4-wheel all-terrain vehicle that did not pan out.