MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man is behind bars after police found him with an HVAC that was reported stolen.
Jerry White is charged with theft of property and aggravated burglary after a theft was discovered from a construction site in Cordova. .
Police said White stole a Goodman Furnace and an A-Coil from Regency Home Builders off Macon in Cordova on Sunday around 6 p.m.
The owner of the store previously placed GPS trackers in various pieces of HVAC equipment after noticing a trend of that type of equipment being stolen.
Deputies were able to crack into the GPS system and found pictures of White driving around with the HVAC system and an appliance dolly strapped to the roof of his vehicle.
They arrested him after making a traffic stop.
According to Detectives there was a strong odor of marijuana and drug paraphernalia was found in the vehicle.
Police tracked White down at a home located in Nutbush on Monday and took him into custody.
We knocked on the door at the Vivia address but no one answered.
On the front lawn we did see a red dolly used to move appliances, and investigators were able to recover the stolen equipment.
White’s bond is set at $8,000. He has been charged with theft of property $2,500-$10,000, possession of drug paraphernalia, and aggravated burglary.