A Tazewell man remains in jail after he was caught trying to steal a fire truck from the Tazewell/New Tazewell Fire Department.
Johnathan Scott Rodriquez, 30, is charged with attempted theft over $250,000, aggravated burglary, and theft under $1,000.
A concerned citizen reported that the suspicious male was wearing a camouflage jacket over dark gray sweatpants.
According to the report, Sturgill was circling the parking lot looking for the male when he noticed a garage door open at the fire department. The headlights on the ladder truck were turned on. He went inside the fire department to speak with someone when he then realized the engine to the ladder truck was running.
Sturgill approached the truck and saw there was a man sitting in the driver seat. The man was wearing a camouflage jacket.