Press Launch – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Workplace
On Saturday, January 6, 2024, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Workplace started an investigation relating to a sufferer of theft claiming that they had info their stolen Lamborghini was in Hopkins County, Texas. The sufferer had beforehand reported their car stolen in Houston, Texas, and employed a non-public investigator to help with the Houston investigation. The proprietor was capable of observe their car to a residence in Hopkins County and went to the situation. The proprietor, who had a key to the car used their key to activate the automobile’s lights and noticed the lights and horn contained in the storage.
Hopkins County Deputies and investigators tried to make contact with the house owner, however nobody would come to the door. Investigators made contact with the house owner, Everett Van Jennings, by telephone. Mr. Jennings initially spoke to Investigators by telephone however refused to return house. He claimed to be out of state. Mr. Jennings stopped talking with Investigators and wouldn’t reply or return telephone calls.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for Mr. Jennings’ residence. Moreover, Investigators and Deputies spoke to Members of the family who additionally refused to help legislation enforcement with gaining lawful entry into the residence. Attributable to an absence of cooperation, Hopkins County Regulation Enforcement gained entry into the residence.
As soon as contained in the residence legislation enforcement confirmed there was nobody contained in the residence. Throughout a search, Regulation Enforcement positioned the stolen Lamborghini and two further stolen automobiles. The stolen automobiles are valued at roughly $500,000.
Regulation enforcement discovered appreciable proof contained in the residence of VIN swapping, together with paraphernalia used within the observe. VIN swapping is a typical observe within the auto theft world to aim to cover the true id of a stolen car and elude detection by legislation enforcement. On this case, the Lamborghini didn’t have the VIN swapped, like the opposite stolen vehicles. Nevertheless, Mr. Jennings had taken a private license plate from one other Lamborghini and affixed it to the stolen car, in an obvious short-term try to masks the stolen automobile’s true id.
Sgt. Investigator Todd Evans, who’s assigned to the Northeast Texas Auto-Theft Activity Drive is continuous to analyze this case with the help of different Auto-Theft Investigators and Hopkins County Investigator. Based mostly on proof obtained on this case so far, two felony arrest warrants have been issued for the arrest of Mr. Jennings for Theft of Property over $300K, a First-Diploma Felony and Placement of a Serial Quantity with intent to alter id, a Third-Diploma Felony.
On January 9, 2024, Jennings turned himself in to investigators on the foyer of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Workplace.
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