January 16, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
An Alexandria man arrested last month for breaking into and stealing items from a semi truck was sentenced Wednesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
33 year old Joshua Lynn McCowan entered a plea by criminal information to auto burglary and received a two year TDOC sentence on probation. He must make restitution of $1,775 to the victim.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, December 2, 2018 McCowan broke into and stole from a 1988 Kenworth semi-truck a Stanley 2-tier toolbox with tools, a Sear brand tool box, four chains, two rubber wheel chocks, a Tennessee license plate, semi log books, and assorted paperwork valued at $1,775.
The case was investigated by a sheriff’s department detective