JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) announced they assisted in the recovery of stolen agricultural equipment from two separate investigations.
According to investigators, the recovered skid steer was stolen from Hinds County and a truck and tractor with attachments were all stolen from a farm in Lincoln County.
Hinds County deputies took a report of a stolen 2021 Kubota SVL97-2 skid steer on Tuesday, September 24. The skid steer was reportedly being used to clear timber off right aways near Highway 27 in Utica. The equipment was quickly located and recovered in a wooded area in rural Hinds County.
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On September 24, MALTB investigators assisted in the recovery of equipment in another case, and the arrest of a suspect. The crime, which included the theft of a 2022 white Ford F350 dually truck, 22-foot trailer and Mahindra 5145L tractor with a front-end loader and Titan rotary cutter attached, was first reported to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on March 11, 2024.