Community helps ID thief

Published 2:17 pm Thursday, December 13, 2018

A Limestone community is being praised after it rallied together to identify a suspect in a recent four-wheeler theft.

Limestone County sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Young said a woman came home Friday to find a blue four-wheeler missing. She reported the theft and posted about it on Facebook.

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Members of the community then shared the story, adding photos and even footage from their personal security cameras. As of Thursday, a post that included photos of a white pickup truck that may have been used in the theft had been shared almost 500 times.

In the comments section of the post, the woman said the four-wheeler was a 2018 Polaris her child received in May. Young said the posts, combined with other evidence gathered by investigators, led to a search warrant and the return of the four-wheeler.

It also led to an arrest warrant for 34-year-old Luis Lopez, who investigators have named as a suspect in the case. Anyone with information on Lopez’s whereabouts is asked to call 256-232-0111.