According to the Graves County Sheriff's Office, the Lowes Fire Department was burglarized on July 20. Lowes Fire Chief Steve Elliott said several items totaling more than $10,000 were stolen.
On July 21, Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said the sheriff’s office received an anonymous tip that 33-year-old Henry Shuford of Elizabethtown, KY, was bragging about burglarizing the Lowes Fire Department. Deputies contacted the Elizabethtown Police Department who made contact with Shuford.
Shuford gave Elizabethtown police consent to search his home and during the search, several of the stolen items from the Lowes Fire Department were found. Shuford was arrested by Elizabethtown police on a Graves County warrant for second degree burglary.
Redmon said the investigation is ongoing due to reports from other fire departments that have been burglarized in Kentucky, as well as other states.
