Detectives recover stolen truck, load of lumber

Law enforcement officials are quick to say that solving a crime takes equal parts of hard work, knowledge and luck. The Alexander City Police Department got healthy does of all three over the last few days as they located a stolen 18-wheeler that was loaded with lumber.

On the evening of Thursday July 2, the driver of a tractor-trailer parked his rig, which was loaded with lumber, in the lot next to the Exxon Station at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Highway 63. When he went back to check on his truck and load, it was gone, according to Alexander City Police Department Capt. Tommy Lovett.