Location: 6800 block of Avenue 304, Goshen

Incident Date: 2/26/18

Incident Time: 1700 hours

Case Number: 18-02648

Victim: KLX Transport

City: Goshen

Posted by: Media Relations

Grand theft

SUSPECT ARRESTED:
Tony Dale Steelman, 60 years old, WMA 
600 block of North O Street, Tulare

On 2-26-2018, Detectives from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, Property Crimes Division assumed a Grand theft investigation which occurred at the KLX Transportation Trucking Company in Goshen.  It was learned that a subject named Tony Steelman entered the Love’s Truck Stop in Tulare and cashed approximately, 517 KLX company checks in a span of time, which spread over year in a half. 

In total, he was able to acquire $372,578. 

Detectives contacted Steelman at his home in Tulare during the execution of a search warrant. Subsequently, he admitted to the theft and provided detailed information on how he committed the crime. 

Steelman was later transported and booked at the Adult Pre-Trial Facility in Visalia for grand theft of property.

Anyone with more information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-808-0488 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.