A huge metal fork reported stolen earlier this year was found propped against a utility pole along a busy highway Wednesday. Statesboro Police Advanced Patrol Officer Justin Samples, the public information officer with the department, said the 7-foot-tall, 150-pound steel fork stolen from the intersection of Johnson and West Main streets — the fork in the road — was recovered shortly after noon Wednesday when someone noticed the jumbo-sized eating utensil standing against a utility pole on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Cypress Lake Road. The fork was stolen from the location of JEJ Tax Specialists and Westside Gold and Pawn, owned by Glenn De Vecchis, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday.