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An officer identified the utility vehicles, above, while they were in the process of being towed.
FAIR OAKS — The Lake County Sheriff's Department and Newton County Sheriff's Department recovered two stolen utility vehicles valued at $50,000.
Lake County officers responded to a call at 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of 157th Avenue and U.S. Highway 41 in Lowell. The caller said the vehicles were stolen from the NIPSCO job site.
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Officers used GPS trackers already in the vehicles to identify their paths and called in the Lake County Aviation Unit to assist.
A Newton County officer observed a vehicle matching the units being towed by a pickup truck near North State Road 55 and East Division Road near Fair Oaks. The officer conducted a traffic stop and arrested an adult male.
"I am extremely proud of the initiative, determination and skill officers from both Lake County and Newton County showed in cooperating to locate and recover this stolen property," Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said.
The investigation is in progress. Criminal charges are pending.
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - BODILY WASTE
Offense Description: OWI; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Offense Description: SEX CRIME- SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/STATUTORY RAPE
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - CONVERSION - UNAUTHORIZED CONTROL; FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
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An officer identified the utility vehicles, above, while they were in the process of being towed.
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