A Goochland County, Virginia, sheriff's office investigator, said, however, he has not been notified of the surrender and has a new warrant for Massey, one of attempted larceny of timber, in addition to the original warrant of obtaining property by false pretense.
“Usually what they do is call just to ensure there are active warrants on file,” said Lieutenant James Mann of Goochland County.
Massey is scheduled to appear in court next Wednesday in Halifax County for 2010 timber theft charges and has a September 28 court date for charges lodged against him this year.
On August 3, the Goochland County Sheriff's Office posted a news release on its website saying Massey was wanted for his alleged involvement in facilitating bogus timber deals.
He was wanted for receiving $2,000 as down payment for selling timber that he does not own.
WRIC in Richmond reported a sheriff's office spokesman as saying Massey targets land with absentee owners, land with titles in question or land in which taxes have not been paid.
The Virginia TV report noted the trouble the Pleasant Hill area man faces in North Carolina, most recently a case in March in which $70,000 worth of timber was illegally cut without the landowner's permission.
Massey had paperwork for some timber he was cutting in the Littleton-Roper Springs area, said Robert Smith, a law enforcement officer for the state Division of Forest Resources, in an interview with rrspin.com then.
However, the victim in the case never signed any agreements with Massey.
That arrest marked the second time he has been arrested for timber theft since last August.
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