Crime

Man Tries Selling Stolen Power Inverter Back to Rightful Owner

ST. THOMAS — A man is facing felony charges after reportedly approaching a woman to try to sell her a power inverter that she recognized as having been stolen from her vehicle.  According to court documents, police were called in to Neomi’s Car Wash on February 14, where they met the owner of a nearby mechanic shop. She told them that a few days earlier someone had stolen items out of her Nissan Pathfinder, which had been left unlocked.  On Valentine’s Day, a man reportedly approached the business owner and offered to sell her a power inverter. Upon inspecting the item, she told police that she recognized it as the same power inverter stolen from her vehicle days earlier, and confiscated the item from the would-be seller before calling 911 for assistance.  Police made contact with John David Turnick Jr., the man who had tried to sell the business owner her own stolen property. He not only reportedly admitted to trying to sell the power inverter, but also to being in possession of th...