MISSOURI CITY, MO -
The discovery earlier this week of a huge stash of stolen property strewn over two acres in Missouri City in rural Clay County is making for a heavy, and sometimes tedious, workload for investigators. But a discovery on Friday of some hidden treasures has re-energized authorities.
"You can only haul out 25 or 30 chainsaws until you start to get a little bored with it," said Clay County Sheriff Bob Boydston. "Then someone finds something like this, everyone perks up."
Boydston is talking about the discovery of a table full of money, coins and currency rich in history.
"There's (money) from the 1860's and obviously you dont have to be a curator to know this is someone's personal, very valuable collection," said Boydston. "It's just amazing the stuff that continues to come out and the regions we get hits on as stolen property."
According to Boydston, law enforcement agencies from across the country are contacting him in regard to the huge stash of stolen goods, which have ranged from cars, trucks and railway containers to brand-new appliances and virtually everything in between.
" Texas, South Carolina, it's grown from midwest regional to now dealing with people in other parts of the country," said Boydston. "We know the players, we know who is involved in these things, and it's just matter of time until get case together."
Boydston says that charges should be coming soon. His investigators have at least two more days on the site, followed by what could be weeks of tracking down the owners of the stolen goods.
He says that he's working with the Clay County IT people to set up a website for potential victims to visit and try to identify their things.
"We want to get this information and this property that's near to people back in their hands," said Boydston. "It's become personal to us now."
"You can only haul out 25 or 30 chainsaws until you start to get a little bored with it," said Clay County Sheriff Bob Boydston. "Then someone finds something like this, everyone perks up."
Boydston is talking about the discovery of a table full of money, coins and currency rich in history.
"There's (money) from the 1860's and obviously you dont have to be a curator to know this is someone's personal, very valuable collection," said Boydston. "It's just amazing the stuff that continues to come out and the regions we get hits on as stolen property."
According to Boydston, law enforcement agencies from across the country are contacting him in regard to the huge stash of stolen goods, which have ranged from cars, trucks and railway containers to brand-new appliances and virtually everything in between.
" Texas, South Carolina, it's grown from midwest regional to now dealing with people in other parts of the country," said Boydston. "We know the players, we know who is involved in these things, and it's just matter of time until get case together."
Boydston says that charges should be coming soon. His investigators have at least two more days on the site, followed by what could be weeks of tracking down the owners of the stolen goods.
He says that he's working with the Clay County IT people to set up a website for potential victims to visit and try to identify their things.
"We want to get this information and this property that's near to people back in their hands," said Boydston. "It's become personal to us now."
