Mack investigation leads to new case
SHELBY — The investigation into John Henry Mack Jr. in connection with the disappearance of a Shelby woman resulted in a new and separate case against him involving suspected stolen property linked to Amazon shipments.
The revelations are included in documents filed in Mansfield Municipal Court where Mack — in addition to a kidnapping charge — faces one a charge of receiving stolen property, a fourthdegree felony.
Authorities
reported that while they were executing a search warrant at Mack’s Mansfield residence as part of the Melinda Davis missing persons investigation, they “observed a large number of items, which appeared to have been stolen” from Mack’s place of employment, JB Hunt transportation, according to a statement of facts filed in court by the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office.
“With their assistance, we were able to confirm most of the recovered items would be items shipped in good faith through Amazon and were being shipped by JB Hunt transportation,” the document shows. “Specifically identified were seven shipping bags with codes correlating with specific points of origin,” Lexington, Ky. and another location.
“It is estimated the total value of the recovered stolen property is in excess of $7,500,” the statement reads.
A JB Hunt transportation representative was able to confirm that Mack “would have direct access to all of the stolen items located at his residence, as he was a delivery driver for their company,” according to the document.
A detective interviewed a woman described as Mack’s current girlfriend who advised that Mack would acquire the stolen property through buying Gaylord bins of Amazon return items that could not be resold, according to the document.
A separate court document signed by a detective states that Mack “did receive, retain or dispose of certain property, being various tools, electronics and household items, the property of another...”
Items included a safe, computer monitors, a robotic vacuum, a box of car parts, three sewage pumps, a hatchet, a box of computer parts, four boxes of new clothing, seven pairs of muck boots, a generator, a box of USB microphones, two Amazon Christmas bags, a box of