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<p>Orange County:&nbsp; What started as an investigation into the theft of a vehicle in Jasper turned into a multi-state, multi-agency involved case.</p>

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<p>On August 25, Jasper Police Department Officer Chris Fischer received a report of a possible vehicle theft from Meyer Logistics in Jasper.&nbsp; The complainant informed Officer Fischer that he had received a phone call from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department that one of their trucks had been found abandoned in Louisville, Kentucky.&nbsp; As Meyer Logistics investigated the whereabouts of the truck, they found that it was in fact stolen on August 21.</p>

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<p>The stolen truck had been equipped with a GPS tracking system.&nbsp; Officer Fischer received the routes and locations the truck had been driven from the time it was stolen to the time it was recovered by LMPD.&nbsp; Officer Fischer learned that the truck had been driven to a residence in Paoli, where it had stopped for a significant amount of time.</p>

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<p>Officer Fischer contacted Indiana State Police Trooper Brock Werne and asked if he would check the residence in Paoli to see if there was a reason the truck had stopped there or if an additional crime had occurred at that address.&nbsp; Trooper Werne and State Police Sergeant Chad Dick checked the residence, finding that a barn on the property had been burglarized.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Trooper Werne contacted the property owners, who were current residents of Houston, Texas.&nbsp; Werne sent pictures of the barn and the property to the owners, who informed Werne that numerous items had been taken, including a 1987 Indian motorcycle and numerous pieces of home furnishing.</p>

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<p>Trooper Werne and Officer Fischer continued their investigation, following up on leads that eventually lead them to speak with 25 year old Matthew Snyder of Bristow, IN.&nbsp; Officers spoke with Snyder and later learned that he had assisted in stealing the truck from Meyer and was involved in stealing the items from the barn in Paoli.&nbsp; Officers also learned that the stolen items had been taken to a residence in Louisville.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>On September 2, officers met with detectives from Division 1 of LMPD.&nbsp; Louisville detectives went with Werne and Fischer to the residence that Werne and Fischer believed the stolen items had been taken.&nbsp; Once there, officers were given consent to search the property and found all items stolen from the barn except for the Indian motorcycle.&nbsp; Werne had learned that the motorcycle had been sold to another individual.&nbsp; Werne contacted the individual who possessed the motorcycle and asked him to trailer it to the Louisville residence that he was at.&nbsp; The individual brought the motorcycle to Werne a short time later.&nbsp; All stolen items were recovered and secured with the owner.</p>

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<p>Today, the Orange County Circuit Court issued arrest warrants for Snyder and a second suspect, 38 year old Coy Crawhorn of Jasper.&nbsp; Both are wanted on charges of Burglary and Theft.&nbsp; Snyder is being held in the Louisville Metro Corrections Center on unrelated charges and will be served with the warrant and extradited upon his release.&nbsp; Crawhorn remains at large.&nbsp; The Indiana State Police is asking that anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Crawhorn contact the Jasper Post at 1-812-482-1441.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Investigating Agencies:&nbsp; Indiana State Police, Jasper Police Department, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, Houston Texas Police Department, Crawford County Sheriffs Department</p>

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<p>HENSLEY</p>

<p>Under the Law, criminal charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.</p>