Second Suspect Sought After Surveillance Video Shows Thieves Steal Dump Truck From Irrigation District In Yuba County

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BROWNS VALLEY (CBS13) — A 2nd fishy has been identified aft a brazen burglary was caught connected a surveillance camera astatine a tiny irrigation territory successful Yuba County.

Sean Allen Lange, 51, of Forbestown is wanted by the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department for respective charges including burglary, car theft, possession of stolen property, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person, according to a property release.

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Following the apprehension of Hubert Townshend connected Nov. 5 for possession of stolen spot successful the irrigation theft investigation, the probe reportedly led detectives to the 2nd fishy and antithetic determination of further stolen spot successful Forbestown.

In October, thieves broke successful and drove disconnected with a dump truck, and a agelong database of tools, leaving the already tiny cognition successful a large bind.

Kelly McNally is the wide manager of the Browns Valley Irrigation District.

“The assemblage is decidedly enraged by this theft and takes it personally,” McNally said earlier this month.

Surveillance video shows thieves driving disconnected with the district’s dump truck.

The crooks besides took disconnected with 2 trailers, 3 ATVs and a agelong database of tools including concatenation saws, rod saws and weed eaters.

“Rolled these up and drove everything out, tied them down,” McNally said. “They didn’t adjacent bring tie-downs. They utilized our tie-downs to instrumentality our ain equipment.”

McNally says the 2 broke done a gross to get connected the spot and apt hotwired the dump truck. They were connected the spot for astir 45 minutes precocious astatine night.

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The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department executed a hunt warrant connected Nov. 15 wherever deputies accidental they saw a portion Ford F-150 and a achromatic Polaris Ace connected the property. The motortruck reportedly matched the statement of the fishy conveyance seen successful aggregate information videos of caller spot crimes, including the burglary astatine Browns Valley Irrigation District.

The Polaris was besides determined to beryllium the 1 stolen astatine the tract past month.

However, during the search, deputies said Lange fled connected the Polaris and evaded capture. He remains wanted astatine this time, and instrumentality enforcement is asking anyone with accusation to interaction them.

Rick Knoll is simply a ratepayer with the Browns Valley Irrigation District.

He’ll apt spot his measure summation due to the fact that of the transgression act.

“That gets your humor boiling,” Knoll said. “Get ’em! [sic] All of ’em!”

This tiny irrigation district, deed by a bold burglary, is forced to find a agelong database of caller equipment.

“It’s decidedly hard,” McNally said. “The proviso concatenation is going to beryllium an obstacle for us.”

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That dump motortruck did person the Browns Valley Irrigation District logo connected the doors. In all, the thieves took disconnected with astir $75,000 worthy of instrumentality that volition each request replacing.

CBS13 Staff

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