Bend man arrested in metal theft

Published 12:57 am Friday, June 20, 2014

A Bend man was arrested Monday for stealing property from Remington Ranch in Powell Butte, according to a news release.

Crook County sheriff’s deputies responded to the ranch at 8 p.m. and observed Virgil Redding, 48, rummaging through property and then leaving on a four-wheeler with a utility trailer containing miscellaneous metal items from the ranch, the release said.

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The trailer was seized and impounded, and Redding was arrested on charges of theft, possession of a controlled substance-meth, and criminal trespass. He was transported to the Crook County jail and later released because the jail was full.

— Bulletin staff reports

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