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Hays Man Charged in Hiawatha Theft Case

By Greg Bebermeyer

02/19/2016

(KNZA)--A Hays man has been charged in connection with an alleged theft from a Hiawatha business.

Hiawatha Police Chief John Defore says 48-year-old Brad Emerson is being held in the Pottawatomie County Jail after he was arrested by Pottawatomie County authorities on unrelated theft charges.

Defore says Emerson is facing a charge of felony theft in Brown County and is also facing charges in Nemaha County.

Defore says Emerson is accused of stealing a skid steer snow removal attachment and 6 X12 foot lawn trailer from Hiawatha Implement on February 3rd. “One of my officers off duty saw this beat up old truck back behind John Deere pull out,” Defore tells MSC News. “It looked like it had a brand new piece of equipment and a brand new trailer, so he follows it, gets the tag number and contacts the duty officer. They got away, but we were able to start an investigation because John Deere wouldn't even have known they had a theft until they went to go do inventory or find it because the guy actually used John Deere's equipment to load the skid steer onto their trailer, and then he hooked it up and left.”

The loss was placed at $5,500. Defore says the trailer has been recovered.

He credited the work of Officer Beau Hasenohr on the investigation.

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