Drag Marks Lead Police to Alleged Thief

MILWAUKEE – This thief may want to rethink his approach. Police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly stealing several large pieces of equipment from a lumber yard after detectives followed drag marks to his house.

The man allegedly took an engine, transmission, compressor and a bucket for a front end loader early Sunday, said Deputy Chief Brian O’Keefe. The equipment was worth about $4,500, he said.

The suspect apparently made several trips to his house about five blocks away, pulling the goods by a cable, leaving grooves in the road, O’Keefe said.

Detectives arrested him Sunday.

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Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com