JASPER, Ala. (WIAT) – Police are investigating after a family-owned and operated meals truck was stolen and set on fireplace.
Fred Poe, proprietor of the Poe Household Meals Truck, is already making an attempt to determine methods to prepare dinner once more. The Poe Household Meals Truck was featured on CBS 42 Morning Information' Thursday Meals Truck phase in August.
Poe mentioned he often left the meals truck parked at The Toad on Airport Street as a result of it's out of the best way, and that's the place it was stolen Sunday night time.
“He mentioned, 'Hey, somebody stole your meals truck.' and it's burning,'” Poe mentioned. “And I used to be like, 'Man, you've acquired to be mendacity, proper?' No, he was not mendacity.”
Poe mentioned after they discovered his truck, every part was nonetheless inside, though burned. He mentioned the truck and gear value greater than $10,000, plus he misplaced about $600 price of meals and the money burned within the money field.
“It's a meals truck,” Poe mentioned. “If you happen to actually needed to become involved, you wouldn't must do all that to get what you needed. I really feel like somebody did this out of hate, like I don't like my kind or they don't like one thing. I don't know. Though I’ve no enemies.”
Whereas Jasper police haven’t shared the precise location the place the truck was dumped, Poe mentioned somebody final noticed it being pushed alongside Trotter Street within the Saragossa group. We drove down Trotter Street to test it out and located an space with charred floor surrounded by damaged glass and melted aluminum.
“Imagine [police are] goes to catch them. There are too many individuals concerned on this proper now, you already know what I'm saying? Poe mentioned. “I’ve a gaggle of buddies, a gaggle of folks that I’ve met on this journey of this kitchen and so they wish to see me succeed.”
The Poe household has a GoFundMe set as much as assist them get again up and operating as a result of they didn't have insurance coverage on the truck.
“I reside everyday promoting dishes. I work day-after-day,” Poe mentioned. “The payments don't cease.”
Jasper Police mentioned that is nonetheless an ongoing investigation and ask anybody with data to name Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.