Police say they have closed the cases on two thefts and an arson with the arrests of two local teens.
The first theft was reported in late May, when a Franklin County resident found $1500 missing from inside his truck. The Press Republican reports that police said the man had left the money unattended after he sold a vehicle and was given the cash. Malone-based State Police said about a month later that they were contacted when a Bombay resident reported a stolen all-terrain vehicle. Then two weeks after the complaint was lodged, a trooper on patrol spotted a burned ATV abandoned in a local sand pit and linked it to the open case. Police say they solved the cases last week when they arrested 16 year old James L. Labarr and an unidentified 15-year-old boy from Bombay.Police believe Labarr,of Bombay, is responsible for the money theft and was the person who set fire to the stolen ATV.
The first theft was reported in late May, when a Franklin County resident found $1500 missing from inside his truck. The Press Republican reports that police said the man had left the money unattended after he sold a vehicle and was given the cash. Malone-based State Police said about a month later that they were contacted when a Bombay resident reported a stolen all-terrain vehicle. Then two weeks after the complaint was lodged, a trooper on patrol spotted a burned ATV abandoned in a local sand pit and linked it to the open case. Police say they solved the cases last week when they arrested 16 year old James L. Labarr and an unidentified 15-year-old boy from Bombay.Police believe Labarr,of Bombay, is responsible for the money theft and was the person who set fire to the stolen ATV.
