Stolen scout trailer recovered

Boy Scout Troop 58 in East Gadsden will be getting its equipment trailer back thanks to work by Etowah County deputies and Attalla police.  Etowah County deputies and Attalla police were looking for someone late Wednesday afternoon in the Jones Sawmill Road area of Attalla, and they discovered the trailer concealed on property there.  The theft of the equipment trailer — containing equipment collected over decades of Scouting — got a lot of media attention in May, when the trailer was stolen from Gadsden United Methodist Church. The church sponsors the troop now, and the trailer had been stored there. The story was back in the news a couple of weeks ago, when a portion of the stolen equipment was recovered.  Efforts had been made to paint over the Troop 58 logo on the side of the trailer, using black paint on one side and white paint on the other. Aside from that, and the fact that tires have dry rotted while the trailer was hidden, it suffered no visible damage and should be of use again to the troop.  Property from the trailer was recovered last month after Gadsden police received a tip from someone who spotted equipment in a rented garage. When the tipster noticed the door open on the garage, police got a call to come look at the property.  police expect to charge one person with receiving stolen property in connection with the stolen equipment. He said additional arrests are anticipated.  Troop 58 is one of the oldest troops in the area. It was chartered in 1938 by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co