Farmington man allegedly stole tank from well site, embezzled computer

CLOSE

Suspect has lively warrant for an felony embezzlement

FARMINGTON — A Farmington man with three pending felony circumstances, together with accusations of stealing tools from a Hilcorp pure gasoline properly web site, has an lively arrest warrant for failing to seem in court docket for a felony embezzlement case.

James Jolly, 36, is accused of a third-degree felony rely of larceny together with fourth-degree felony counts of embezzlement and breaking and getting into throughout three separate circumstances, in line with court docket information.

He’s accused of stealing a stainless-steel chemical injection tank price about $9,500 from a pure gasoline properly web site within the Center Mesa space and failing to return an Apple MacBook Air laptop computer pc to the Farmington Municipal College District from a scholar who disenrolled, in line with court docket paperwork.

Ruth Wheeler, Jolly’s legal professional for the larceny and breaking and getting into circumstances, declined to touch upon the circumstances.

Jolly failed to seem at a Dec. 16 listening to in Farmington Justice of the Peace Courtroom for the embezzlement case and has an lively warrant for his arrest, as of the morning of Dec. 20, in line with court docket paperwork.

The larceny case stems from an investigation launched in April 2018.

A San Juan County Sheriff’s Workplace detective on April 25, 2018, acquired a telephone name to satisfy a Hilcorp Vitality Firm worker on the intersection of County Highway 4004 and 4000 close to the New Mexico-Colorado state line relating to the theft of a stainless-steel chemical injection tank.

The worker took the detective to an space the place the tank had been positioned in northeast San Juan County.

A single set of tire impressions indicated that a car, most probably a pick-up truck, had used to load up the tank. Just one pair of shoe impressions had been discovered on the scene.

Two cigarette butts had been discovered on the scene that appeared to have been not too long ago deposited there. It was photographed and picked up as proof.

The detective on July 30, 2018, acquired a report stating no identifiable DNA was discovered on the proof. The DNA profile was then entered into the Mixed DNA Index System (CODIS).

It was on Nov. 27 the detective acquired a notification that CODIS had hit of “excessive stringency” that recognized Jolly because the suspect.

Later that day, two detectives drove by Jolly’s final identified tackle and noticed a tank that seemed to be the identical because the stolen property.

Jolly allegedly evaded detectives and hid in his residence on Dec. 5, once they tried to serve a search warrant to gather DNA swabs from him. The DNA swabs had been collected at a later date.

Jolly’s former employer confirmed to a detective the defendant was engaged on a close-by properly location in a distant location of the county close to the scene of the alleged larceny.

Within the embezzlement case, a former highschool scholar didn’t return his school-issued laptop computer. It was reported to the Farmington Police Division on Nov. 11.

A scholar’s mother or father has to signal a contract, stating if the scholar fails to return the laptop computer, legislation enforcement might be contacted inside 5 days of the scholar being disenrolled. The pc is valued at $900.

Makes an attempt by Farmington police to contact Jolly by the telephone or in-person at his residence weren’t profitable.

Jolly’s preliminary listening to on the larceny case is scheduled for the morning of Dec. 26 in Aztec Justice of the Peace Courtroom.

Joshua Kellogg covers breaking information for The Each day Occasions. He might be reached at 505-564-4627 or through e mail at jkellogg@daily-times.com.

Support local journalism with a digital subscription: http://bit.ly/2I6TU0e

Read or Share this story: https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/12/21/farmington-man-allegedly-stole-well-tank-embezzled-apple-laptop-computer/2715311001/