JENNIFER MCNABB
JEREMY GOSS
SALINE CO.— A convicted meth felon, his girlfriend and one of their buddies, all from Eldorado, have been charged with felonies after police say they were involved with busting in to storage units in Harrisburg.
According to police reports, at approximately 10:29 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, Harrisburg Police Sergeant David G. Morris, was on routine patrol at 1111 North Main St., neat the SITG Storage facility, when he spotted a black colored passenger car sitting on the property and noticed the overhead lights at the facility were not working, making the area extremely dark.
Morris said the circumstances bothered him because of the number of storage units broken in to recently, so he pulled around and behind the car and ran the plates, which came back to Jennifer Lynn McNabb, 48, of 2033 State St., Eldorado.
When Sgt. Morris approached the car he noticed there was nobody inside and then spotted a dark colored truck parked farther out of view.
That’s when Sgt. Morris called for backup.
As he passed the car on his way to the truck Sgt. Morris shined his flashlight inside the vehicle and discovered a set of extra large bolt cutters, a heavy duty set of linesman type wire cutters, a box of surgical gloves, numerous surgical gloves thrown around in the back seat, some type of pistol, a Crown Royal bag (which was later found to contain several watches) and a cell phone.
Alarmed by the sight of the weapon in the backseat, Morris spotted a female sitting in the front of the truck he was approaching.
A check on the plates came back to Jeremy D. Goss, 38, of 720 Panama St., Eldorado.
When contact was made, the woman said she had been getting items out of her storage unit.
While talking to the woman Sgt. Morris spotted a lock to one of the units laying on the ground.
When asked for ID the woman said she didn’t have any with her.
Asked for her name and date of birth, she said her name was Jennifer L. Smith, born December 1, 1987.
When informed that no such person could be found in the computer, Ms. Smith said she might be listed under Woolard, but that came back with no match as well.
Suspicious that the car came back belonging to a Jennifer and Ms. Smith claiming Jennifer as her first name Sgt. Morris asked Smith if she knew who the car belonged to and she said no.
He then asked if she had seen anybody in the area and she said no to that as well.
And that’s about the time Morris heard members of the backup team say they had located someone inside a storage unit.
Morris asked the girl again if she had her driver’s license with her and she again said no.
That’s when he asked her how she got to the storage units if she didn’t have her license and she side-stepped the question saying that the truck belonged to her boyfriend Jeremy Goss.
Morris asked if she knew where Goss was and she said she had no idea.
That’s about the time she was taken into custody and place in the rear of a police cruiser.
Once Morris arrived at storage unit #D-12 he found that officers had detained two males identified as Goss and Steven L. Owen, 43.
When asked who the woman was seated in his truck Goss announced that her name was Jennifer McNabb, the woman the car came back registered to.
All the suspects were transported to the county detention center.
A further search of the area revealed that several of the units had the temporary locks pulled out of them.
The units were secured back with the temporary locks until the owner, Michael Brad Henshaw, could secure them properly.
McNabb’s car and Goss’ truck were towed from the scene.
Prior to towing each vehicle was inventoried.
In addition to the items Morris saw when he walked past the vehicle, the pistol in the car was identified as a black BB gun.
Items found inside the truck include a green prescription bottle, which contained 25 grams of meth, two sets of wire and lock cutters, numerous pairs of latex gloves, several small flashlights, storage keys to locks at the storage facility, McNabb’s purse with her driver’s license tucked inside and a black vinyl bag, containing a metal pill container, containing approximately two grams of meth.
Goss was formally charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine 15-100 grams, Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools.
Owen was charged with Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools.
And McNabb was charged with Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Escape when she attempted not to participate in the process.
Goss appears to be the only one of the trio with any kind of criminal record to speak of.
Goss is a convicted felon having been arrested June 6, 2003 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Manufacturing Chemicals, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (prescription medication), and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.
He pleaded guilty September 3, 2003 to the meth charge in return for the remainder of the charges being dismissed and was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for five years and was ordered to pay $564.20 in fines and fees, of which she hasn’t bothered paying the first dime.
In this most recent case Goss was released from police custody Oct. 23, after a $2,000 cash bond was posted on his behalf by Helen Goss, of the same Panama Street, Eldorado address.
McNabb was released from police custody after a $2,000 cash bond was posted on her behalf by Christian McNabb, of the same State Street, Eldorado, address.
The exact status of Mr. Owen was unknown as of presstime.