Stolen Truck Recovered During Traffic Stop

ADAIRSVILLE, GA — An Adairsville officer conducting a traffic stop Monday morning stumbled upon a vehicle reported stolen several months ago from another county.

Officer Justin Brumbelow made the stop around 10:30 a.m. Oct. 1 on a gray 2016 Dodge Ram pickup truck. Adairsville police say the traffic stop was conducted due to the registration showing the tag belonged to a truck reported stolen from Whitfield County.

The truck pulled into Virgil's Home and Garden Decor on Joe Frank Harris Parkway and following an on-scene investigation, the truck was confirmed to have been stolen and the vehicle's occupants, Zachary Beau Lusk of Plainville and Kelly Dawn Pankey of Ringgold, were arrested.

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Lusk is charged with felony theft by receiving stolen property, window tint violation and driving while license is suspended or revoked. He remains held at the Bartow County Jail with a $5,925 bond. Pankey is also charged with felony theft by receiving stolen property and was released Tuesday on a $5,000 bond.

"The Adairsville Police Department is proud of the good job done by patrol officer Justin Brumbelow," the agency said Tuesday in a news release.

Photo: Zachary Beau Lusk, left, and Kelly Dawn Pankey. Credit: Bartow County Jail