From the Desk of Sheriff Scott Bradley

On April 12, 2013, Van Buren County Sheriff’s Deputies received a call at off Lynn  Creek Road of a theft in progress.  Deputies arrived to find that the property owner had blocked in a suspect who appeared to be in the process of “scraping” the structures for copper.  The suspect, who claimed to have stopped to relieve himself,  was found inside one of the buildings with a cutting tool nearby. 

  Jackie Sanders, 42, of Marshall was arrested at the scene for Theft of Property, Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief.