A stolen vehicle ring that originated on post at Fort Campbell has resulted in federal indictments against two men, including the owner of the Guthrie Scrap Yard.
20-year-old Daniel Lee Clark is charged with multiple counts of larceny of vehicles taken from Fort Campbell in April and May of 2022. Joseph Pewitt, the owner of the scrap yard, was also charged with creating false documents and making false statements to the FBI.
According to the indictment, Clark was a civilian living at Fort Campbell, claiming to work for Fort Campbell’s housing authority. He said his job was to dispose of vehicles and investigators said Clark sold over 20 vehicles to the Guthrie Scrap Yard. The vehicles were parked at Fort Campbell and had been stickered by Fort Campbell Police as subject to impound. The scrap yard towed and crushed most of the vehicles Clark sold. Investigators went on to say Clark had no authorization from the vehicles’ owners or from Fort Campbell to sell the vehicles.
The indictment alleges Pewitt was told by one of his tow truck drivers that the military was investigating stolen vehicles and instructed an employee to fabricate invoices regarding his purchases of vehicles from Clark, and provided those to military investigators. During an interview with the FBI, Pewitt supposedly made materially false statements regarding the fabricated invoices.
If convicted, Clark faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and Pewitt faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
