Emergency response trailer stolen in SW Missouri

OZARK, Mo. (AP) - Christian County authorities are trying to find out who took the county's emergency response supply trailer during flooding in southwest Missouri over the weekend.

The white 14-foot Doolittle trailer was stolen Sunday evening as it was parked outside a warehouse in Ozark. It has a green "CERT" logo on the side. The contents were later found scattered along a road in Branson.

Phil Amtower, the county's emergency management director, says video surveillance shows a dark minivan parked near the trailer for several minutes. A white, late model single-cab pickup later arrives, hooks up the trailer and leaves with it.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that the trailer and training supplies were purchased through Homeland Security grants. The trailer is valued around $5,000.

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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com

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