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http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100276&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
11/17/2009 11:46:00 AM
S”tolen tractor breaks through Umatilla Chemical Depot fence
Farm Bureau offers $1,000 reward”
By SAMANTHA BATES
The East Oregonian
SNIPPET: “The John Deere 7920 was stolen from local farmer Dan McCarty, who leases land next door to the depot. Craig Kopta, who works at Madison Farms, found a piece of the tractor lying in the road, McCarty said. It looked liked whoever had taken the tractor tore off the stairs and ran over it multiple times. They also tore up a mile and a half of fence on that leased property.
“Then it looks like they got done joy riding, turned the tractor loose and it went through the Army Depot fence. After about a mile and a half it stalled on an igloo,” McCarty said. “When they found the tractor it was still running.””
SNIPPET: “Initially depot security and the FBI responded, along with the sheriff’s department.
Bruce Henrickson, depot information officer, said it’s routine to call the FBI when a crime takes place on federal land. Officers decided that because the tractor started off on county land, it was up to the county to investigate.”
SNIPPET: “McCarty has gotten his tractor back and is getting estimates to fix it. From now on, he’ll add a few more security measures, he said.
McCarty said there is a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever stole the tractor.”
Oh, that's nice.