Reward offered in JC theft

Two Jackson County businesses burglarized
ALFORD - Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to two business burglaries, in Alford, between 8 and 8:30 a.m. on January 9.  One business was at 231 Tire and Auto and the second was S&M Auto Sales.  Both of these businesses are on Hwy 231 about two miles north of the Bay County line.  
Sometime between the evening hours of Jan 8 and the morning of Jan. 9 unknown individuals broke into both businesses by prying open the doors.
S&M Auto Sales reported that a gold 1999 Ford F350, four-door, dually was missing along with a dealer tag.  The stolen tag number is MIF88R is registered to S&M Auto and is possibly being used on the stolen truck.
231 Tire and Auto reported a Honda CR125 dirt bike, orange in color, as being stolen along with an assortment of Snap-on, Craftsmen and Mac tools. The stolen tools include air wrenches, sockets, wrenched and screwdrivers engraved with the letters JAC. Total value of the stolen tools is approximately $10,000.
Anyone with information on these crimes are asked to call the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office at 850-482-9624 or the Jackson County Crime Stoppers at 850-526-5000.

Georgia Fugitive caught
MARIANNA – On Jan. 9 Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators received information from the DeCatur County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia that a former Marianna native, Raymond Douglas French, had active warrants issued for two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and one count for fleeing and eluding a police officer.
Decatur County deputies advised that French was possibly armed with a 9mm and was suicidal. French was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket and driving a 1993 Chevy 1500 pick-up, possibly maroon and silver. He was last seen driving toward Quincy on Ga. Hwy 302.
Later that morning, Jackson County investigators saw French’s truck traveling west on Jackson Street in Marianna. Sheriff’s deputies and troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol Contraband Interdiction team were able to stop French near Cypress. He was arrested without incident and taken to Jackson County Correctional facility to await extradition.
This arrest was successful due to the working relationship and cooperation of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office with the troopers of the FHP Contraband Interdiction Unit.