A couple claiming to have purchased a GMC Jimmy for $150 from an unknown man at a location under a bridge — without getting a bill of sale or a title — faces charges of theft by receiving stolen property, according to the Commerce Police Department.
The suspects are Tony Lee Webb, 52, and Linda Ruthi Webb, 46, both of 124 Forest Lake Drive, Commerce.
City police responded to the Flying J auto plaza on Maysville Road to a report of a couple arguing over a stolen vehicle. At the scene, a 47-year-old white male told police that he saw a gold GMC Jimmy in the parking lot that he believed was stolen in Banks County. The Webbs were in the vehicle.
The witness knew the owner of the vehicle and confirmed that it was stolen by checking the vehicle identification number.
The Webbs told police that they paid an unknown man $150 for the vehicle in a transaction that took place under a bridge off Ridgeway Church Road. They got neither title nor bill of sale.
When the officer patted down Ruthi Webb, he found a plastic Advil container that held a crystal substance suspected to be methamphetamine, one pill of suspected Kalonpin and one of suspected Valium.
The report indicated that Ruthi Webb confirmed that the items were methamphetamine, Kalonpin and Valium, but it did not indicate that she was charged in connection with their possession.
