Suspicious Shoppers (Ch.8 Richmond)
Several people on different occasions, have tried to buy trucks with large amounts of cash out at Hanover Industrial Airport. The Hanover County Sheriff's Department says the people aren't wanted for any crime, it's just unusual for people to pay large sums of cash for cars and they want to find out what their intentions are.The most recent case was last Wednesday. Workers at the Mark Electric Company in the aripark say two men came in asking if they had any trucks for sale. That alone is not unusual, what is unusual is how they wanted to pay for them. "He was in a hurry, a big hurry, he didn't want to negotiate, he made an offer of 10-thousand dollars in cash. He kept bringing up the word cash" says warehouse manager, Nick Lappa. The would-be truck buyer told Lappa the reason he wanted the vehicles was to open a used car lot but this wasn't the first time they've tried to buy vehicles from Mark Electric. "And they're persistent, they've come back a few times asking the same questions. I think their persistence is bothersome" says Angela Marks of Mark Electric.
The day after the incident, the Hanover County Sheriff's Department asked the airpark association to fax fliers to all businesses in the area asking for information about the mystery buyers. Workers at Mark Electric say the first thing on their mind when the encountered the unusual offer was 9-11. They also say these instances have changed the way they do business. They say they're a lot more careful about who comes into their building, onto their premises and what they're intentions are.
The Hanover County Sheriff's Department says they want to question the would-be vehicle buyers and also say the information has been passed in to the FBI.
I wonder if they wanted the company logo,etc. to remain on the truck? (see where I'm headed with this...) (also, in a hurry? The 4th is coming up....)