A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TIN FROM HIS EMPLOYER IS CURRENTLY FREE ON BOND. 29 YEAR OLD JASON BARRETT IS CHARGED WITH THEFT. HE’S ACCUSED OF STEALING 57-HUNDRED POUNDS OF TIN, WORTH 57-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM AGC INDUSTRIES IN KINGSPORT. HAWKINS COUNTY INVESTIGATORS WERE TIPPED OFF WITH A CALL YESTERDAY MORNING, WHICH LED THEM TO FIND THE STASH OF METAL. BARRETT HAD RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 10TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN EMPLOYEE, AND HIS ODDS OF MAKING IT TO HIS 11TH AREN’T LOOKING SO GOOD AT THE MOMENT. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS CONTINUING.