Detective Adam Burnette with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 31-year-old Nicholas Andrew Ledford of Cherryville, NC, with felony Larceny. Ledford was issued a $10,000 secured bond.
On August 5, Lt. Jason Cook took a report of a stolen ATV. The victim reported that his camouflage-colored Honda four-wheeler had been removed from property he leased for hunting.
According to the victim, Ledford owned the property and had previously expressed interest in purchasing the four-wheeler. The two agreed on a price and a date for the sale. Before the sale took place, Ledford reportedly took the ATV to Georgia without the victim’s permission. Ledford later contacted the victim and stated that the ATV had stopped working.
Further investigation by Det. Burnette determined that Ledford was responsible for the theft. He was arrested on November 4 for the crime.
