Elmore County deputies searching for people throwing large rocks at traffic
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TALLASSEE, Ala. (WAKA) – The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding the people who are throwing large rocks at passing vehicles.
Investigators say a series of rock throwings happened during the evening of Saturday, June 27.
At approximately 9:02PM, surveillance cameras captured a vehicle and the people riding in it collecting large concrete rocks from the front parking area in the 200 block of Barnett Boulevard in Tallassee. Later that evening, between 9:30PM and 10:05PM, the sheriff’s office says it got more than 15 reports of people in a dark-colored sedan throwing large rocks into oncoming traffic.
These incidents resulted in at least 15 vehicles being struck and damaged, placing multiple motorists at significant risk of injury, the sheriff’s office says.
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Investigators have identified the same vehicle on surveillance cameras at several gas stations along the route where the incidents were reported. The vehicle was seen traveling from the Tallassee Highway/Cherokee Trail area toward Holtville Road/South Jordan Dam Road.
The people inside the car are wanted for these charges: Felony throwing or shooting into an occupied vehicle, felony and misdemeanor criminal mischief and misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
A reward of $5,000 is being offered for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the people in the car. If you have a tip, call CrimeStoppers at (334) 215-STOP.
