Deputies serve warrants, recover stolen property

Area law enforcement officials have been busy investigating and apprehending suspects in stolen property cases in three counties.

Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers reports, “We have been investigating stolen property cases which have resulted in the arrest of multiple suspects related to at least three different theft rings.”

Suspects have been lurking around rural Lincoln County, stealing metal, copper, wire, antiques, vehicles and related items, including a 1930 flatbed truck, essentially taking anything that they can recycle for quick cash. Several stolen items, including two pickups, wire...