Police Looking For 'Street Outlaw' Ronnie Pollard on Engine Theft

Aaron Cole
by Aaron Cole

Police in North Carolina are looking for Ronnie Pollard, who appeared in the Discovery Channel’s series “Street Outlaws,” in connection with an engine theft, WGHP is reporting.

According to investigators, Pollard may have been involved with a June robbery in King, North Carolina where thieves made off with nearly $450,000 in engines and caused $14,000 in damage to Buck Racing Engine’s shop.

“The Discovery Channel should have done a little better job checking people out,” shop owner Charlie Buck told the news station. “It’s just hard to believe that somebody like that’s been on TV, and then they break in and steal stuff from you.”

According to the shop, donations for reward money have flooded the shop, and investigators and the shop are offering more than $22,000 for information about the missing engines.

Pollard doesn’t appear on the show’s cast list on Discovery’s website.

“Street Outlaws” isn’t a stranger to trouble with law enforcement. In March, a driver who appeared on the show was arrested and charged with murder for his part in a crash that killed two people in California.

The show, which depicts street racing, is apparently still a thing and probably wishes it hadn’t filmed this scene.

Reps from the Discovery Channel weren’t immediately reached.


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  • Jack Baruth Jack Baruth on Aug 19, 2015

    :“The Discovery Channel should have done a little better job checking people out,” shop owner Charlie Buck told the news station." Hey, dumbass, it's called STREET OUTLAWS

  • George B George B on Aug 19, 2015

    Strange theft. How did they expect to sell the nitrous drag racing engines they stole and why drive all the way from Eastern Oklahoma to North Carolina? http://dragillustrated.com/thieves-target-buck-racing-reward-offered/

    • Firestorm 500 Firestorm 500 on Aug 20, 2015

      Because of NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina has some of the best engine builders and speed shops.

  • Anonymous Anonymous on Aug 20, 2015

    Add Pollard to the long list of Discovery Channel actors/celebrities/production members either in jail or headed there. Will Hayden, Kris Ford, Stephanie Hayden Ford, John Schmucker, Alan Beiler, Izzy Valenzuela, Billy Lane, Robbie Keszey, Robroy MacInnes, Billy Brown, Robert Johnston, Matt Shotwell, Matthew Schneider, Joshua Tel Warner... I'm tired of looking them up. Discovery wouldn't broadcast a lot of shows if background checks were the norm. Checking all the broadcast and cable channels for bad guys would make an interesting (and lengthy) spreadsheet.

  • Xflowgolf Xflowgolf on Aug 20, 2015

    from what I've read elsewhere, he was "on the show"... once. He's not one of the "street outlaws" contenders or repeat personalities. It makes for a better click bait headline though. Though I haven't watched the show, someone feel free to correct me.

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