Man Arrested In Stolen Fertilizer Investigation
Georgetown (30 miles north of Austin, TX) -- Williamson County sheriff's officials on Thursday arrested a man in connection with the theft of part of 330 pounds of potentially explosive fertilizer reported missing from a Georgetown company.
Bryon David, 24, of Georgetown remained in the Williamson County Jail Thursday evening on a state felony charge of burglary of a buildling. His bond was set at $30,000 said Wendy Denson, sheriff's spokeswoman.
David admitted stealing a 30-pound tube of ammonium nitrate from Austin Powder Co. and dumping the fertilizer at the Williamson County landfill after media coverage of the theft made him nervous, Denson said.
Authorities investigated David's story and he passed a lie-detector test, Denson said. He was not an Austin Powder employee.
"We are confident that that's all he took," Denson said.
The investigation led authorities to believe hat other 300 pounds, or 10 tubes, reported missing was a bookkeeping error made by the company and not actually missing, Denson said.
The tube David said he threw in the landfill has been destroyed, she said.
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