Sunshine
11-24-2009, 18:46
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/says-986661-farmer-soldier.html
A soldier, on his third tour of duty to the middle east, loses his livelihood to thieves in his own hometown.
"It just makes me ill to know that such cowards could do something like this to a soldier," says Bill Lockhart.
He and other members of the Dade County post of the American Legion are ready to fight for a soldier who left his home unprotected so he could protect us. Specialist Jeffery Farmer is on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. When he comes home, he'll find his trailer in Dade County robbed.
"They had taken his truck, tools that he worked with and several other things. Even his clothing," says Sheriff Patrick Cannon.
"He actually had two pick-up trucks stolen," Lockhart says. "He had some welders. He was a tree surgeon so all of his tree working equipment, his ropes and tackles,"
Specialist Farmer was planning to start his own business but everything he had to make a living is gone. He's due back in three months.
"I don't want to be the one picking him up at the airport and bringing him back to his house, nothing there," Lockhart says.
When we went to the property today, we met up with W. Clarence Durham who owns the land where Farmer's trailer sits. He pointed out the path the robbers tore through his farm in order to make a getaway. He says it's obvious they'd been planning the robbery.
"I promised this boy when he left he tried to give me a key to his trailer and i said no, i'll make sure that it's not broken into. But I didn't," Durham says, upset.
The sheriff's department is working leads but in the meantime, Durham, and Farmer's fellow members of the American legion say this soldier deserves better.
"We've got a wonderful country and he's over there trying to defend it for us and people steal his stuff," Durham says. "That's awful."
"To come home with exactly less than what you left with is unacceptable," Lockhart says. "These cowards that did this, i'm really hoping that they do get caught."
The American Legion is hoping to raise money and items to replace what's been stolen from Specialist Farmer.
If you want to help, a fund has been set up in his name at the Bank of Dade. You can make contributions there or mail them to the American Legion's P.O. Box number 305 Trenton, GA 30752 c/o Jeffery Farmer.
A soldier, on his third tour of duty to the middle east, loses his livelihood to thieves in his own hometown.
"It just makes me ill to know that such cowards could do something like this to a soldier," says Bill Lockhart.
He and other members of the Dade County post of the American Legion are ready to fight for a soldier who left his home unprotected so he could protect us. Specialist Jeffery Farmer is on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. When he comes home, he'll find his trailer in Dade County robbed.
"They had taken his truck, tools that he worked with and several other things. Even his clothing," says Sheriff Patrick Cannon.
"He actually had two pick-up trucks stolen," Lockhart says. "He had some welders. He was a tree surgeon so all of his tree working equipment, his ropes and tackles,"
Specialist Farmer was planning to start his own business but everything he had to make a living is gone. He's due back in three months.
"I don't want to be the one picking him up at the airport and bringing him back to his house, nothing there," Lockhart says.
When we went to the property today, we met up with W. Clarence Durham who owns the land where Farmer's trailer sits. He pointed out the path the robbers tore through his farm in order to make a getaway. He says it's obvious they'd been planning the robbery.
"I promised this boy when he left he tried to give me a key to his trailer and i said no, i'll make sure that it's not broken into. But I didn't," Durham says, upset.
The sheriff's department is working leads but in the meantime, Durham, and Farmer's fellow members of the American legion say this soldier deserves better.
"We've got a wonderful country and he's over there trying to defend it for us and people steal his stuff," Durham says. "That's awful."
"To come home with exactly less than what you left with is unacceptable," Lockhart says. "These cowards that did this, i'm really hoping that they do get caught."
The American Legion is hoping to raise money and items to replace what's been stolen from Specialist Farmer.
If you want to help, a fund has been set up in his name at the Bank of Dade. You can make contributions there or mail them to the American Legion's P.O. Box number 305 Trenton, GA 30752 c/o Jeffery Farmer.