Joseph David Jones, 46, with addresses mentioned in Leadwood and Pevely, has been billed in St. Francois County with stealing a motor auto and trafficking in stolen identities.

In accordance to a probable induce assertion from the Desloge Law enforcement Office, on March 8, Jones was caught on movie stealing a 2009 Pontiac G5 belonging to an spot resident. The auto was subsequently recovered and Jones admitted to the theft, according to the law enforcement.

Authorities reportedly searched the auto and located a massive variety of particular identification paperwork, credit rating card and banking facts, residence titles, and other delicate documents allegedly stolen from various individuals and businesses who did not consent to give the person their goods.

The report exhibits some of the many paperwork recovered allegedly included:

• A delivery certificate for a guy from the Condition of Iowa
• A delivery certificate for a gentleman from Madison County
• A U.S. passport belonging to a girl

• A certificate of title belonging to a Park Hills resident for a 2004 Harley Davidson motorbike
• A certification of title belonging to a Potosi resident for a 1992 Chevrolet truck
• A certificate of title with the Condition of South Dakota for a 1998 Kia with the owner’s identify listed as a resident from Watertown, South Dakota
• A certificate of title to an East Prairie, Missouri, resident for a 1988 Ford truck
• A certification of title for a 2009 Chevy utility car owned by a Farmington couple
• A certification of title recognize of sale/transfer stub for two different cars: a 2000 Chevrolet and a 2006 Chevrolet
• A certificate of title with the Condition of Illinois with the owner stated as a resident of Granite Metropolis, Illinois

• Three traveler’s checks in the title of a resident from East Prairie, Missouri. All 3 checks reportedly browse, “Pay out this Cheque to the Purchase of” Joseph Jones.
• Two checks belonging to a resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, each in the sum of $1,820
• A sequence of unfastened and sure checks belonging to Bonne Terre resident
• A signed check owned by a female for the amount of money of $3,200. In addition, there are reportedly two carbon copies of checks with the very same owner, one of the copies for a test in the total of $2,600.
• A paycheck with a payee of an Imperial resident for the sum of $341.74. The resource of the test is a Park Hills enterprise. Furthermore, law enforcement reportedly identified an ID and card essential for the very same firm and the verify payee’s name.
• A look at reportedly paid out to Joseph Jones from a cellular cellular phone carrier for $1.53
• A examine owned by a Farmington resident for the volume of $100. Police stated the test payee is certainly handwritten as “Joseph Jones” above a typed identify.
• A cashier’s look at issued to a male for the quantity of $11,500

• A Visa credit card belonging to a female
• A letter addressed to a Park Hills resident referencing credit history with a banking establishment a credit card with the exact financial institution and name indicating feasible fraudulent procurement, according to law enforcement.
• A letter from Money Just one addressed to a Leadwood resident
• A JC Penny assertion and receipt of payment resolved to a Farmington account holder
• Two letters dealt with to independent Park Hills residents containing solicitations for credit playing cards
• A credit card statement from a lender in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, tackled to Joseph Jones

• A laminated card with what appears to be the combination to a “Lodge Risk-free.” The reverse side of the card reads, “Bonne Terre Mason’s.”
• A gift card from Surdyke Harley Davidson in Festus
• A certification of origin with the business identify of a Fredericktown small business. The back again of the certificate implies a transfer to a business in Bonne Terre.
• Numerous documents belonging to a guy, which includes an software for a Social Security card, a certificate of dying for a relative, a COVID-19 vaccination history, a substantial school diploma, and two spend stubs
• A handwritten note with data about the stolen 2009 Pontiac G5, which Jones allegedly admitted to stealing
• Documents belonging to a married few, together with a stock buy for 15 shares of a organization, financial savings bonds, and a Social Security card
• A letter from a banking institution concerning a lien release of a 2000 Chrysler

The probable bring about assertion signifies that other documents may possibly have also been located.

Jones was booked at the St. Francois County Detention Center, and a $100,000 bond was set. If launched on bond, the guy is prohibited from obtaining call with the alleged victims in the scenario.

An original court docket visual appeal in the circumstance was held on Tuesday. Jones was scheduled to show up in court docket again on Might 17 for a confined docket listening to.

Court records display that Jones has several prior convictions for felony offenses, like 3 counts of next-diploma theft, thieving, 1st-diploma tampering, fraudulent use of a credit score or debit unit, unlawful possession of a firearm, 3 counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession/manufacture/sale of an illegal weapon.