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KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A idiosyncratic was arrested aft admitting to having taken a tractor valued astatine $60,000 successful Kings County, according to the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.
On Thursday, deputies from the Kings County Rural Crimes Unit investigated a theft reported by Westhaven Agribusiness. The stolen items included a tractor and a disc, taken from the country of Avenal Cutoff and 30th Avenue.
The tractor is simply a John Deere 5100GN exemplary valued astatine $60,000, accompanied by a 6 1/2 ft Domries disc valued astatine $4,000.
A hunt was conducted for the tractor successful the Avenal area, and a tractor matching the statement was recovered conscionable northbound of Avenal, disconnected Highway 33, according to detectives.
Investigators accidental the suspect, Enrique Teran, was questioned astatine the country and confessed to taking the tractor.
Teran, according to deputies, had respective progressive warrants from Kings County and was subsequently booked into the Kings County Jail for those warrants on with caller charges, which included possession of stolen spot and unauthorized usage of a vehicle. An enhancement was besides added to his charges.
This enhancement, deputies say, was added owed to the voters of California passing Prop 36 past November which adds enhancements to definite and circumstantial spot crimes.
The enhancement is defined arsenic “when a idiosyncratic takes, damages, oregon destroys spot oregon commits a Penal Code 496 (possession of stolen property), the tribunal whitethorn adhd an enhancement if the nonaccomplishment oregon harm exceeds $50,0000, and tin adhd a one-year authorities situation enhancement if convicted."
