Paducah Man Charged with Stealing Skid Steer
By West Kentucky Star Staff
MCCRACKEN COUNTY - A Paducah man is charged with stealing
construction equipment.
The McCracken County Sheriff's Office
said detectives began investigating the reported theft of a $35,000
John Deere skid steer on April 11. Deputies say the skid steer had
been stolen from a construction site located on Trice Road.
Later that same day, deputies found the
skid steer next to a pond in the 10000 block of Old Lovelaceville
Road. During the investigation, detectives learned that the suspects' trailer had gotten a flat tire,
forcing the suspects to unload the skid steer and hide it next to the
pond.
Police said video surveillance
was recovered showing a Dodge crew cab truck with unique markings on
it as being the truck involved. Detectives were able to develop
43-year-old Dean Keith Hamblin of Paducah as a suspect.
According to deputies, the trailer used
in the theft was found a short distance from the theft location. The trailer had been rented from a local rental store by Hamblin.
Hamblin was arrested Wednesday
following his court appearance in Marshall County, where he's facing
charges for similar offenses. Hamblin was lodged in the McCracken
County Regional Jail on a charge of theft by unlawful taking over
$10,000.