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THEFT -- AND PROOF
OF THE POWER OF
SOCIAL MEDIA.
RICHMONDER SEAN
CANNON SAYS HIS
DODGE RAM PICK-UP
WAS STOLEN FRIDAY
NIGHT.
HE SELLS BARBEQUE
SAUCE CALLED "PIG
PAINT," AND HIS
TRUCK IS PRETTY
RECOGNIZABLE.
BUT SEAN DIDN'T JUST
CALL POLICE, HE
POSTED THE CRIME
ON FEBOOK -- AND
IT WENT VIRAL.
JESSICA JAGLOIS IS
LIVE WHERE THE
TRUCK WAS FOUND,
JESS YOU SPOKE THE
WOMAN WHO FOUND
IT.
WHAT DID SHE SAY??
IT WAS THE KEEN EYE
OF A MCDONALD'S
CUSTOMER THAT SAW
THAT "PIG PAINT"
DECAL.
RIGHT AFTERWARDS,
SHE SAW THE TRUCK
OWNER'S PLEA
ONLINE, BEGGING
FOLKS TO KEEP THEIR
EYES PEELED.
13:51:56.16 I had three or
four minutes where I was
just sitting there and the
truck was right there
KATIE GANTT WAS
SPENDING HER
TUESDAY MORNING
LIKE SHE DOES MANY
OTHERS...
IN LINE AT THE
MCDONALD'S IN
SOUTHSIDE PLAZA,
WHEN SHE SAYS
SOMETHING CAUGHT
HER EYE.
13:50:19.21 I was staring
off into space and I
noticed this truck with a
really dynamic logo on it
THIS LOGO: FOR
CANNON'S PIG PAINT
BARBEQUE SAUCE.
WHEN GANTT
ARRIVED AT WORK,
SHE WENT ONLINE TO
CHECK THE LOCAL
BLOG "FAN OF THE
FAN," SHE SAW AN
EMOTIONAL PLEA.
SEAN CANNON'S PLEA.
14:02:53.01 cannon
says, he went to the
heritage for dinner then
out with friends friday
night. He says he parked
his car in the 1700 block
of west main street. But
by the time he got back to
that same spot saturday
morning, his car was
gone.
CANNON SAYS, HE
CALLED RICHMOND
POLICE BUT ALSO
TOOK TO FACEBOOK.
13:56:27.07 I posted on
facebook and asked
people to share it and like
55 people shared it
ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE IS JOHN
MULLEN - WHO
WRITES FOR "FAN OF
THE FAN."
GANTT
COMMENTED...AND
SOON, THEREAFTER,
CANNON CALLED
POLICE.
HIS TRUCK WAS
RETURNED TO HIM IN
DECENT SHAPE, SAVE
FOR A FEW
CIGARETTE BURNS
AND A FOUL SMELL.
HE'S IS GREATFUL
FOR GANT AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
13:57:51.02 normally it's
girls taking duck face
selfies or people taking
pictures of their dinner so
it's nice that it actually
has a useful application
ACCORDING TO
CANNON, THERE ARE
NO SUSPECTS RIGHT
NOW.
HE SAYS, THERE HAD
BEEN SOMEONE
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
TRUCK BUT THERE
WAS LITTLE TRACE OF
THEM WHEN HE GOT
HIS TRUCK BACK.
REPORTING LIVE IN
RICHMOND, JESSICA
JAGLOIS, NBC12
NEWS.
DON'T PUT THE
BRAKES ON OUR BUS
ROUTES...