CHIPLEY - Washington County Sheriff's Office recovered an estimated $200,000 worth of stolen telecommunications equipment after an investigation that led to the identification and arrest of a 32-year-old man from Headland, Alabama. In a press conference Thursday morning, WCSO Sheriff Kevin Crews detailed the complex investigation, which spanned about 10 counties in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, that led to the arrest of the suspect, Carl Thomas Edmondson III. On July 2, Crews received a call from a representative from the corporate security group at Century Link in Louisiana, stating that he was having a "major theft problem" of junction box sites throughout the Tri-State area - one such theft was reported by ATT&T at a site on Orange Hill Road...
