Joel Allen Followill Intake Photo

A man arrested in January for a string of thefts of car parts as entered a plea.

Thirty-one year old Joel Allen Followill of Knoxville entered a guilty plea at Marion County District court on Friday. Earlier this year, he was arrested by Pella Police following a lengthy investigation with assistance from Knoxville Police and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Followill was charged with commission of specified unlawful activity, a class B Felony; two counts of Theft in the Second Degree, Class D Felonies; and Burglary in the Third Degree, a Class D Felony for his part in the theft of radiators and catalytic converters this past winter. His sentencing is set for February 13th, 2015